cymbiform

[ sim-buh-fawrm ]

adjective

, Botany, Zoology.

1. having the shape of a boat; boat-shaped.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cymbiform¹

1700–10; < Latin cymb ( a ) (< Greek kýmbē hollow object) + -i- + -form

Example Sentences

Cymbiform: boat-shaped: a concave disc with elevated margin; navicular.

From Project Gutenberg

The second glume is cymbiform, compressed laterally, with a dorsal hyaline ciliate wing to the keel, 5- to 7-veined.

From Project Gutenberg