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ellipsoidal

[ ih-lip-soid-l, el-ip-, ee-lip- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1825–35; ellipsoid + -al ¹

Form truly meets function in this gorgeous ellipsoidal speaker.

Thus the cell outline is clearly marked, the nucleus large and spherical or ellipsoidal.

Finally the nuclear disc assumes an ellipsoidal form and becomes the nuclear body.

Ovoid or ellipsoidal branchlets or receptacles, single or in groups, occur at intervals along the sides of both stem and branches.

Frond long, slender, repeatedly branched; air-vessels ellipsoidal and "chained" together in the lower half of the branches.

Frustules globose, ellipsoidal or cylindrical, concatenate, closely joined together.

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