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acetabuliform

[ as-i-tab-yuh-luh-fawrm ]

adjective

, Botany, Mycology.
  1. saucer-shaped, as the fruiting bodies of certain lichens.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of acetabuliform1

From New Latin, dating back to 1825–35; acetabulum, -i-, -form
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Example Sentences

Shaped like a shallow; saucerÐshaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx.

Acetabuliform: like a shallow saucer with more or less incurved sides.

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