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funnelform

American  
[fuhn-l-fawrm] / ˈfʌn lˌfɔrm /

adjective

  1. shaped like a funnel, as the corolla of the morning-glory; infundibuliform.


Etymology

Origin of funnelform

First recorded in 1820–30; funnel + -form

Example Sentences

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Calyx inferior, funnelform, with 4–5 sepals as long as the corolla.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Plantaginaceæ, 422 Herbs; corolla rotate, or somewhat funnelform, and slightly irregular.

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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