a. [ad. mod.L. apiculāt-us, f. apicul-us: see below, and -ATE.] Having a minute apex or point; minutely tipped.

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1830.  Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 318. An apiculate tubercle at its base.

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1852.  Dana, Crust., I. 223. Teeth tumid, apiculate.

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