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Glossary of Botanical Terms:

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truncate: with an abruptly transverse edge as if cut off, e.g. of a lamina apex (Fig. 6 F), or base (Fig. 7 D).



Fig. 6. Leaf Apices. A, subulate; B, aristate; C, acuminate; D, acute; E, obtuse; F, truncate; G, emarginate; H, retuse; I, obcordate; J, hooked; K, mucronate.
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