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disciform

disciform adjective: having a flat, rounded shape.

Adjective

disciform (comparative more disciform, superlative most disciform)

  1. Having a flat, rounded shape.
    • The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk[…], and is sessile on the calyptra base[…]1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5

Forms of disciform

comparativemore disciform
superlativemost disciform

Origin of disciform

Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disc”) + -form

Questions about disciform

What does disciform mean?
Disciform means having a flat, rounded shape.
What part of speech is disciform?
Disciform is an adjective.

Words near disciform in the dictionary

  1. discides
  2. disciding
  3. discids
  4. disciferous
  5. discifloral
  6. disciform
  7. discigerous
  8. discina
  9. discinas
  10. discinct
  11. discind

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