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peltiform

peltiform adjective: shield-like, with the outline nearly circular; peltate.

Adjective

peltiform (comparative more peltiform, superlative most peltiform)

  1. shield-like, with the outline nearly circular; peltate
    • The seedlings will, in the first year, have only cotyledonal leaves; in the second, peltiform ones1831, John Claudius Loudon, The Gardener's Magazine

Forms of peltiform

comparativemore peltiform
superlativemost peltiform

Origin of peltiform

From pelta + -iform.

Questions about peltiform

What does peltiform mean?
Peltiform means shield-like, with the outline nearly circular; peltate.
What part of speech is peltiform?
Peltiform is an adjective.

Words near peltiform in the dictionary

  1. Peltier
  2. Peltier cooling
  3. Peltier effect
  4. Peltier effects
  5. Peltier's cross
  6. peltiform
  7. peltinerved
  8. pelting
  9. pelting down
  10. peltingly
  11. peltings

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