[syn: caudate, caudated]
2. (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Caudate \Cau"date\, Caudated \Cau"da*ted\ a. [L. cauda tail.]
Having a tail; having a terminal appendage like a tail.
Opposite of acaudate.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
caudate
adj 1: having a tail or taillike appendage [syn: caudate,
caudated] [ant: acaudal, acaudate]
2: (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip
n 1: a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle
of the brain [syn: caudate nucleus, caudate]
2: amphibians that resemble lizards [syn: urodele, caudate]