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ac·ro·drome | \ ˈa-krə-ˌdrōm \
variants:
or acrodromous \ ə-ˈkrä-drə-məs , a- \
Definition of acrodrome
: 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)
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The first known use of acrodrome was circa 1900
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