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Acute
Gradually tapering to a point.
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Acuminate
The leaf blade has rounded shoulders leading to a pointed tip.
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Apiculate
The leaf blade ends in a short tip.
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Aristate
Having a bristle at the tip.
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Caudate
The tip resembles a tail.
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Cuspidate
The tip forms a short, narrow point (cusp).
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Cirrhose or Cirrose
The tip forms a tendril.
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Mucronate
The tip forms a short, sharp point.
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Mucronulate
The tip is a sharp point called a mucro.
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Obtuse
A narrow, rounded tip.
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Rounded
The leaf blade is rounded at the tip.
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Obcordate
The apex of the leaf blade has a deep notch.
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Retuse
Apex of the leaf blade has a shallow notch.
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Truncate
The leaf blade is square at the tip.
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