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}]