infundibuliform

[in-fuhn-dib-yuh-luh-fawrm]

adjective Botany.

having the shape of a funnel; funnel-shaped.

Origin of infundibuliform

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

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Examples from the Web for infundibuliform

Historical Examples of infundibuliform

The cup is thin, infundibuliform, bright brown, turning pale.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise
M. E. Hard
These are wide, infundibuliform, and seem to have been of a dark red colour.
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)
Maximilian, Prinz von Wied
The cap is generally plano depressed or funnel-shaped (infundibuliform).
Among the Mushrooms
Ellen M. Dallas and Caroline A. Burgin
Pistillate: corolla very minute, infundibuliform, obscurely 4-toothed.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
The cup is infundibuliform, the outside as well as the stem whitish, and downy, the bowl or disk is reddish-orange.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise
M. E. Hard

British Dictionary definitions for infundibuliform

infundibuliform

adjective

(of plant parts) shaped like a funnel

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infundibuliform in Medicine

infundibuliform

[ĭn′fən-dĭb′yə-lə-fôrm′]

adj.

Shaped like a funnel.