cymbiform
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of cymbiform
1700–10; < Latin cymb ( a ) (< Greek kýmbē hollow object) + -i- + -form
Example Sentences
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Spathes are 1/8 to 1/3 inch long, sessile or pedicellate, green, cymbiform, with subulate tips.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The second glume is cymbiform, compressed laterally, with a dorsal hyaline ciliate wing to the keel, 5- to 7-veined.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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