multicuspidate

English

Etymology

multi- +‎ cuspidate

Adjective

multicuspidate (comparative more multicuspidate, superlative most multicuspidate)

1. Having more than one cusp. This is a zoological term usually said of a type of tooth.
   • 1911, Sir John Bland-Sutton, Tumors, innocent and malignant, Funk and Wagnalls, page 554:

     When the crown is simple the root is long; multicuspidate teeth have short roots.