Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cuneate \Cu"ne*ate\ (k?"n?-?t), Cuneated \Cu"ne*a`ted\ (-?`tEd),
   a. [L. cuneatus, fr. cuneus a wege See{Coin}.]
   Wedge-shaped; (Bot.), wedge-shaped, with the point at the
   base; as, a cuneate leaf.