campanulate
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- subcampanulate adjective
Etymology
Origin of campanulate
From the New Latin word campānulātus, dating back to 1660–70. See campanula, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Calyx-tube campanulate; corolla campanulate, 5-lobed to the middle.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Ovules and seeds 2–8 on each placenta; corolla rotate or campanulate, with entire lobes and no appendages.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Corolla 4–5-cleft, campanulate, and 4–5-spurred at the base.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Involucre.—Silky hairy; broadly campanulate; with imbricated, appressed bracts.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
Calyx.—Narrowly tubular, with a deciduous campanulate five-lobed limb.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
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