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obtuse

1. Maths

a. (of an angle) lying between 90? and 180?

b. (of a triangle) having one interior angle greater than 90?

2. (of a leaf or similar flat part) having a rounded or blunt tip

obtuse [äb′tüs]

(botany)

Of a leaf, having a blunt or rounded free end.

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