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caliciform

caliciform adjective: having the shape of a cup or calyx.

Adjective

caliciform (comparative more caliciform, superlative most caliciform)

  1. Having the shape of a cup or calyx.

Forms of caliciform

comparativemore caliciform
superlativemost caliciform

Origin of caliciform

Latin calyx (“calyx”) + -iform. By surface analysis, calic- + -i- + -form.

Questions about caliciform

What does caliciform mean?
Caliciform means having the shape of a cup or calyx.
What part of speech is caliciform?
Caliciform is an adjective.

Words near caliciform in the dictionary

  1. calicheamicins
  2. caliches
  3. calichon
  4. calichons
  5. caliciaceous
  6. caliciform
  7. calicinal
  8. calicioid
  9. calicioids
  10. caliciviral
  11. calicivirid

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