cymbiform

English

Etymology

Latin cymba (“boat”), +‎ -iform.

Adjective

cymbiform (not comparable)

  1. Shaped like a boat.
  2. (botany) Elongated and having the upper surface clesa ly concave, as in the glumes of many grasses.
    cymbiform pericarps

References

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