napiform

[ney-puh-fawrm]

adjective

1. round at the top and tapering sharply below; turnip-shaped, as a root.

napiform

/ ˈneɪpɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. botany shaped like a turnip

Word History and Origins

Origin of napiform¹

1840–50; < Latin nāp ( us ) a kind of turnip + -i- + -form

Word History and Origins

Origin of napiform¹

C19: from Latin nāpus turnip

Example Sentences

Simple or unbranched roots are named according to their shapes— conical, when like the carrot; napiform, when like the turnip; fusiform, when like the long radish.

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Napiform, nāp′i-form, adj. shaped like a turnip: large and round above and slender below.—adj.

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Turnips bulge out in the middle, and are napiform.

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P. 3-7 cm. exp. olive then dingy tan, flesh violet then whitish; g. violet-umber then sooty-olive; s. 5-7 cm. fibrillose, pallid, bulb napiform, marginate; sp.

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Associated words: pivotal, critical. turning upside down. inversion, reversal. turning wrong side out. extroversion, eversion. turnip-shaped, a. napiform. turnkey, n. warder. turn upside down. invert, reverse. turtle, n. tortoise; terrapin. tussle, n. struggle, contest, scuffle, conflict. twaddle, n. flummery, balderdash, fustian, moonshine. twelve, n. dozen.

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