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cyathiform

cyathiform adjective: in the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.

Adjective

cyathiform (comparative more cyathiform, superlative most cyathiform)

  1. In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
    • Glaucous, hoar, enfouldered, cyathiform, / Making mere faculae of the sun and moon […]c. 1933-1934, Hugh MacDiarmid, On a Raised Beach

Forms of cyathiform

comparativemore cyathiform
superlativemost cyathiform

Origin of cyathiform

From Latin cyathus (“cup”) + -form, from Ancient Greek κύαθος (kúathos). Compare French cyathiforme.

Questions about cyathiform

What does cyathiform mean?
Cyathiform means in the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
What part of speech is cyathiform?
Cyathiform is an adjective.

Words near cyathiform in the dictionary

  1. cyathaspid
  2. cyatheaceous
  3. cyathi
  4. cyathia
  5. cyathial
  6. cyathiform
  7. cyathin
  8. cyathins
  9. cyathium
  10. cyathoi
  11. cyatholipid

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