claviform

[ klav-uh-fawrm ]

adjective

1. club-shaped; clavate.

claviform

/ ˈklævɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. another word for clavate

Word History and Origins

Origin of claviform¹

1810–20; < Late Latin clāv ( a ) club + -i- + -form

Word History and Origins

Origin of claviform¹

C19: from Latin clāva club

Example Sentences

The claviform stigma usually somewhat club-shaped and situated immediately below the orbicular; and 3.

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Polymorpha: the claviform and serricorn Coleoptera, as a whole.

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Extinct; phragmacone with widely separated septa; rostrum well developed and claviform.

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