acrodrome

adjective

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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