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planoconical

planoconical adjective: plane or flat on one side, and conical on the other.

Adjective

planoconical (comparative more planoconical, superlative most planoconical)

  1. Plane or flat on one side, and conical on the other.
    • Acutely Conical ; and also , in part , level between both ends or Planoconical.1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […]...

Forms of planoconical

comparativemore planoconical
superlativemost planoconical

Origin of planoconical

From plano- + conical.

Questions about planoconical

What does planoconical mean?
Planoconical means plane or flat on one side, and conical on the other.
What part of speech is planoconical?
Planoconical is an adjective.

Words near planoconical in the dictionary

  1. planoblasts
  2. planoccipital
  3. planocerid
  4. planocerids
  5. planoconcave
  6. planoconical
  7. planoconvex
  8. planocraniid
  9. planocraniids
  10. planoepithelial
  11. planogamete

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