Caudate (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Having a tail or taillike appendage.
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Meaning 2
(of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip.
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All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The ferns had caudate leaves that grew densely along the forest floor.
- The botanical garden featured a variety of plants with caudate leaves from around the world.
- Caudate leaves are characteristic of the fig tree, and are often used to identify the species.
- In the tropics, the trees often have caudate leaves that provide shade and shelter from the rain.
- The illustration in the textbook showed a plant with caudate leaves that were pointed and slender.