acuminations

acuminations
n. sharpening; ending in a sharp point; point that gradually decreases in width or thickness; shape of a tip of a leaf (Botany)

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  • acumination — ⇒ACUMINATION, subst. fém. BIOL., rare. Excroissance en forme de pointe : • La surface du placard est criblée de petites acuminations,... BRUMPT, Précis de parasitologie, 1910, p. 744. Étymol. ET HIST. 1910 biol. [parasitologie], sup. Dér. du rad …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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