campanulate
Americanadjective
adjective
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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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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
Scales of the campanulate involucre in 2 or 3 rows, nearly equal, linear, the outer foliaceous and loose; pappus copious, very soft; rays very short or without ligules; low annuals with numerous rather small heads.
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
This has from one to four flowers, which are an inch long, with simple campanulate outline, without recurving tips.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
Stem cartilaginous; pileus campanulate, edge straight and adpressed to stem when young.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
GYPSÓPHILA, L. Calyx narrowly top shaped or campanulate, 5-nerved, 5-toothed, naked at 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
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