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

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Example Sentences

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infundibuliform

The pileus is one to two inches broad, infundibuliform, subfibrillose, lurid-brown, pervious to the base, the margin generally wavy, lobed.

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

The pileus is thin, nearly plane, broadly umbilicate or centrally depressed, sometimes infundibuliform, generally with a small umbo or papilla, minutely squamulose tomentose, gray or brownish-gray, becoming paler with age.

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

The cells are more infundibuliform, and the avicularium, which, as in E. crystallina is not always present, is larger, but occupies the same position on 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

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 cup is thin, infundibuliform, bright brown, turning pale.

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

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