acrodrome

adjective

ac·​ro·​drome

ˈa-krə-ˌdrōm

variants or acrodromous

ə-ˈkrä-drə-məs,

a-

: running to a point

—used of a form of venation in which the principal veins terminate at the leaf tip (as in plants of the genus Ziziphus)

Word History

Etymology

acr- + -drome, -dromous

First Known Use

circa 1900, in the meaning defined above

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