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Definition of: cacuminal
(kə·ky
′mə·nəl) adjective
1. Pertaining to the top, as of a plant.
2. Phonet. Describing those consonants pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned up and back toward the hard palate, as ṭ and ḍ in the Indic and Dravidian languages; cerebral; retroflex.
—noun Phonet. A consonant so formed.
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