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cymbiform

American

[sim-buh-fawrm] / ˈsɪm bəˌfɔrm /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

having the shape of a boat; boat-shaped.

Etymology

Origin of cymbiform

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

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cymbiform

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 K. Rangachari

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 K. Rangachari

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