lentiform
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of lentiform
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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The plants of this species are attractive in appearance, usually hemispherical, or lentiform in shape, with cylindrical stem-like base.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
The sum total of the eggs is divided into five or six small, flat, lentiform pockets, which, taken together, occupy the greater part of the maternal home.
From The Life of the Spider by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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