cultrate

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cultrātus (“knife-shaped”), from culter + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

cultrate (comparative more cultrate, superlative most cultrate)

  1. (botany, zoology) Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds.
    Synonym: cultriform

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