
1) Backward 2) Retroflex
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1) Backward
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retroflex, pertaining to a point, crown, top or peak
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• (a.) Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.
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Relating to a top or apex, particularly of a plant or anatomical structure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Ca·cu'mi·nal adjective [ Latin
cacumen ,
cacuminis , the top, point.]
(Philol.) Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as,
cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kak-ū′mi-năl Definitions: 1. Relating to a top or apex, particularly of a plant or anatomic structure.
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[
adj] - (linguistics) pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
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adjective pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
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