Fāl'cāte or Fāl'cā-ted, a.

a. [Lat. falcatus, from falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe; It. falcato, Sp. falcado.] Hooked or bent like a sickle or scythe; — said of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed; (Bot.) said of leaves.