acetabuliform

[as-i-tab-yuh-luh-fawrm]

adjective

Botany, Mycology.

1. saucer-shaped, as the fruiting bodies of certain lichens.

Word History and Origins

Origin of acetabuliform¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1825–35; acetabulum, -i-, -form

Example Sentences

Shaped like a shallow; saucerÐshaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx.

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Acetabuliform: like a shallow saucer with more or less incurved sides.

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