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Dendrology 7.3
Chapter 7.3 Apices and Bases
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Undergraduate 3
09/11/2013

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Acuminate

Shaped like an acute angle but with a long attenuated point

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Acute

Shaped like an acute angle but not attenuated

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Mucronate

Abruptly tipped with a bristly mucro

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Cuspidate

Tip concavely constricted into an elongated sharp, rigid point.

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Obtuse

Blunt; the sides forming an angle of more than 90 degrees

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Rounded

A full sweeping arc

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Truncate

As though cutoff at right angles to the midrib

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Cuneate

Wedge-shaped, acuminate; tapering evenly to a narrow base

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Acute

Shaped like an angle but not attenuated

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Cordate

Heart-shaped; inversely indented

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Inequilateral

Asymmetrical, the two sides different in shape

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Obtuse

Blunt, narrowly rounded

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Truncate

As though cutt off at right angles to the midrib

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Auriculate

With ear-like lobes pointing downward

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Retuse

With a shallow, narrow notch

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Emarginate

With a shallow, broad notch

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Rounded

A full sweeping arc

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