wedge-shaped

2 definitions found

wedge-shaped - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wedge-shaped \Wedge"-shaped`\, a.
     1. Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.
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     2. (Bot.) Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down
        to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf.
        [1913 Webster]

wedge-shaped - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wedge-shaped
      adj 1: (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex
             and tapering toward the base [syn: cuneate, wedge-  shaped
             ]
      2: shaped like a wedge [syn: wedge-shaped, cuneal,
         cuneiform]