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calathiform

calathiform adjective: basket-shaped.

Adjective

calathiform (comparative more calathiform, superlative most calathiform)

  1. (especially, rare) Basket-shaped.
    • Only young buds seen. Bracts apparently at the apex of the pedicels, calathiform, c. 3 mm in diameter, the cavity c. 2 mm deep. Pedicels c. 3,5 mm long.1966, J. Lanjouw, P. F. Baron Van Heerdt, “Quiinaceae”, in A. Pulle, editor, Flora of Suriname, volume III, part I: Dyalypetalae, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 380

Forms of calathiform

comparativemore calathiform
superlativemost calathiform

Origin of calathiform

From Latin calathus (“wicker basket”) + -iform.

Questions about calathiform

What does calathiform mean?
Calathiform means basket-shaped.
What part of speech is calathiform?
Calathiform is an adjective.

Words near calathiform in the dictionary

  1. calathid
  2. calathides
  3. calathidia
  4. calathidium
  5. calathids
  6. calathiform
  7. calathis
  8. calathoi
  9. calathos
  10. calathump
  11. calathumpian

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