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napiform
[ ney-puh-fawrm ]
adjective
- round at the top and tapering sharply below; turnip-shaped, as a root.
napiform
/ ˈneɪpɪˌfɔːm /
adjective
- botany shaped like a turnip
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of napiform1
Example Sentences
Simple or unbranched roots are named according to their shapes— conical, when like the carrot; napiform, when like the turnip; fusiform, when like the long radish.
Napiform, nāp′i-form, adj. shaped like a turnip: large and round above and slender below.—adj.
Turnips bulge out in the middle, and are napiform.
P. 3-7 cm. exp. olive then dingy tan, flesh violet then whitish; g. violet-umber then sooty-olive; s. 5-7 cm. fibrillose, pallid, bulb napiform, marginate; sp.
Associated words: pivotal, critical. turning upside down. inversion, reversal. turning wrong side out. extroversion, eversion. turnip-shaped, a. napiform. turnkey, n. warder. turn upside down. invert, reverse. turtle, n. tortoise; terrapin. tussle, n. struggle, contest, scuffle, conflict. twaddle, n. flummery, balderdash, fustian, moonshine. twelve, n. dozen.
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