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Webster 1913 Edition
Infundibuliform
Inˊfun-dib′u-li-form
,Adj.
[L.
infundibulum
funnel + -form
: cf. F. infundibuliforme
.] 1.
Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.
Webster 1828 Edition
Infundibuliform
INFUNDIB'ULIFORM
,Adj.
In botany, having the shape of a funnel,as the corol of a flower; monopetalous, having a conical border rising from a tube.
Definition 2024
infundibuliform
infundibuliform
English
Adjective
infundibuliform (comparative more infundibuliform, superlative most infundibuliform)
- having the shape of a funnel or cone.
- 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, Vintage (2004), chapter 2, page 18:
- ... had it not been for that patriotic Texan with his infundibuliform jowls and his lumpy, rumpleheaded, indestructible smile cracked forever across the front of his face like the brim of a black ten-gallon hat.
- 1784, William Marsden, The history of Sumatra, page 88:
- This is a monopetalous, infundibuliform, white flower, of the tuberofe kind.
- 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, Vintage (2004), chapter 2, page 18:
Synonyms
Translations
having the shape of a funnel
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References
- Angus Stevenson (editor), Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 6th Edition (Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 9780199206872)