Wedge-shaped \Wedge"-shaped`\, a.
1. Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.
2. (Bot.) Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down
to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf.
wedge-shaped
adj 1: of a leaf shape; narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and
tapering toward the base [syn: {cuneate}]
2: shaped like a wedge [syn: {cuneal}, {cuneiform}]