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Webster 1913 Edition

Uncinate

Un′ci-nate

,

Adj.

[L.

uncinatus

, from

uncinus

a hook, from

uncus

a hook.]

Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook;

as, an

uncinate

process

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Uncinate

UN'CINATE

,

Adj.

[L. uncinatus, from uncus, a hook.] In botany, hooked at the end.

Definition 2024

uncinate

uncinate

English

Adjective

uncinate

(botany) Hooked at the end.
(anatomy) hooked in appearance.

Related terms

Italian

Verb

uncinate

second-person plural present indicative of uncinare
second-person plural imperative of uncinare
feminine plural of uncinato

Latin

Adjective

uncīnāte

vocative masculine singular of uncīnātus