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pugioniform

pugioniform adjective: dagger-shaped.

Adjective

pugioniform (comparative more pugioniform, superlative most pugioniform)

  1. (rare) Dagger-shaped.
    • pugioniformis (M. pugioniforme) has a tall thick st. to 2 ft.: lvs. to 6 in. long, glaucous, 3-angled, gradually tapering from base to apex (pugioniform or dagger-shaped): petals as long as calyx-lobes.1930, “Conicosia”, in L[iberty] H[yde] Bailey, Ethel Zoe Bailey, editors, Hortus: A Concise Dictionary of Gardening, General Horticulture and Cultivated Plants in North America, New York, N.Y.: The...

Forms of pugioniform

comparativemore pugioniform
superlativemost pugioniform

Origin of pugioniform

Borrowed from New Latin pugioniformis, from Latin pūgiō (“dagger”). By surface analysis, Latin pugion + -i- + form.

Questions about pugioniform

What does pugioniform mean?
Pugioniform means dagger-shaped.
What part of speech is pugioniform?
Pugioniform is an adjective.

Words near pugioniform in the dictionary

  1. pugils
  2. Pugin
  3. Puginesque
  4. Pugins
  5. pugio
  6. pugioniform
  7. pugios
  8. Puglia
  9. Puglian
  10. puglianite
  11. Pugliese

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