Usually means: Narrow, tapering to a point.
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  1. subulate: Merriam-Webster
  2. subulate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. subulate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. subulate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. subulate: Wordnik
  6. Subulate: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  7. subulate: Wiktionary
  8. subulate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. subulate: Infoplease Dictionary
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  11. Subulate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Subulate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. subulate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. subulate: FreeDictionary.org
  15. subulate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. subulate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Subulate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary

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  1. subulate: Encyclopedia

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  3. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (subulate)

▸ adjective:  (biology) Awl-shaped; tapering into a sharp point from a broader base.

Similar:
subuliform, acuminate, suballantoid, subspathulate, caudate, acicular, acutifoliate, obtusely umbonate, subovoid, obovate, more...

Opposite:
blunt, rounded, obtuse

Types:
needle, spine, prickle, spicule, spike, thorn, spur, more...

Phrases:
ovate subulate, plano subulate, more...

Adjectives:
style, palpi, long, joint, last, cirri, ventral, maxillary, dorsal, tragus

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Similar:
subuliform, acuminate, suballantoid, subspathulate, caudate, acicular, acutifoliate, obtusely umbonate, subovoid, obovate, more...

Opposite:
blunt, rounded, obtuse

Types:
needle, spine, prickle, spicule, spike, thorn, spur, more...

Phrases:
ovate subulate, plano subulate, more...

Adjectives:
style, palpi, long, joint, last, cirri, ventral, maxillary, dorsal, tragus



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