infundibuliform

American  

[in-fuhn-dib-yuh-luh-fawrm] / ˌɪn fʌnˈdɪb jə ləˌfɔrm /

adjective

Botany.

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

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infundibuliform British  

/ ˌɪnfʌnˈdɪbjʊlɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. (of plant parts) shaped like a funnel

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Etymology

Origin of infundibuliform

First recorded in 1745–55; infundibul(um) + -i- + -form

Example Sentences

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infundibuliform

Cells urceolate; deeply emarginate posteriorly, entire in front, ventricose below; a small pedunculate infundibuliform process attached in front to the projecting portion of the rachis on a level with upper border of the cell.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by John MacGillivray

The cup is infundibuliform, the outside as well as the stem whitish, and downy, the bowl or disk is reddish-orange.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

He speaks of their mesocarps and quinqueloculars infundibuliform, squammiflora, guttiferas monocotyledous &c. &c. with supreme disgust.

From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson

It bears a white infundibuliform flower, rather pentagonal than round, with a small hook at each angle.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden

The pileus is first umbilicate or depressed, becoming depressed or infundibuliform, irregular, eccentric, the margin repand, and sometimes lobed, and lobes appearing at times on the upper surface of the cap.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson