clavate
[kley-veyt]
- club-shaped; claviform.
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Origin of clavate
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Some of the species are simple, elongate and clavate bodies.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.George Francis Atkinson
The name is more appropriate to the African species which are clavate.
The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and VicinityCharles Sumner Boyer
On the top of the head an elegant crest of six elongated, recurved, clavate feathers, of which the webs are deflected.
A Synopsis of the Birds of North AmericaJohn James Audubon
Sporangia densely crowded or cespitose, sub-sessile or short stipitate, clavate, 1–1.5 mm.
The North American Slime-MouldsThomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
They are not globular on the end, as the clavate hairs, but have "saw-like" edge.
clavate
claviform (ˈklævɪfɔːm)
- shaped like a club with the thicker end uppermost
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Word Origin
C19: from Latin clāva club
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