Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
cuneate, wedge-shaped
(adjective) (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cuneate (comparative more cuneate, superlative most cuneate)
(biology) wedge-shaped.
(botany) wedge-shaped, with the narrow part at the base.
(botany) having straight, or almost straight sides meeting at the apex or base.
A deltoid organ is roughly triangular in shape, but may have much less obvious "angles". An obdeltoid one is practically the same, except that the cuneate leaf's angle are better defined. Being cuneate does not prevent being sagittate.
Source: Wiktionary
Cu"ne*ate (k"n-t), Cu"ne*a`ted (-`tEd), a. Etym: [L.cuneatus, fr. cuneus a wege SeeCoin.]
Definition: Wedge-shaped; (Bot.), wedge-shaped, with the point at the base; as, a cuneate leaf.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 March 2025
(adjective) given to the overuse of long words; “sesquipedalian orators”; “this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money”
Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.