- acuminations
- n. sharpening; ending in a sharp point; point that gradually decreases in width or thickness; shape of a tip of a leaf (Botany)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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