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obpyriform

obpyriform adjective: having a shape that is in outline like that of a pear, with the base at the narrower end.

Adjective

obpyriform (not comparable)

  1. Having a shape that is in outline like that of a pear, with the base at the narrower end.
    • On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.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

Origin of obpyriform

From ob- + pyriform.

Words that rhyme with obpyriform

Questions about obpyriform

What does obpyriform mean?
Obpyriform means having a shape that is in outline like that of a pear, with the base at the narrower end.
What part of speech is obpyriform?
Obpyriform is an adjective.

Words near obpyriform in the dictionary

  1. Obozo
  2. OBP
  3. obpandurate
  4. obpyramid
  5. obpyramidal
  6. obpyriform
  7. OBR
  8. Obrador
  9. Obradovich
  10. Obradoviches
  11. obradovicite

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