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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acrodrome
adjective
ac·ro·drome
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ˈa-krə-ˌdrōm
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acrodromous
\ə-ˈkrä-drə-məs, a-\
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