a. [ad. L. cuneāt-us wedge-shaped, f. cuneāre to make wedge-shaped, f. cuneus wedge.] Made in the form of a wedge, wedge-shaped, as cuneate leaf, a leaf with a truncated end, tapering gradually to the stipule.
1810. Asiatic Res., XI. 343. Lip obovate-cuneate.
1860. Tyas, Wild Fl., 73. The leaves of the stem are cuneate.
1884. E. J. Lowe, in Times, 8 Dec., 10/2. The shape [of the meteor] was circular in front, and cuneate behind (bluntly conical).
b. Comb., as cuneate-tailed adj.; also adverbially prefixed to another adj., as cuneate-lanceolate.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 347. Leaves narrowly cuneate-obovate or -lanceolate.
1881. M. G. Watkins, in Academy, 27 Aug., 163/1. The cuneate-tailed gull.
Hence Cuneately adv., in the form of a wedge, wedge-wise.
