napiform

American

[ney-puh-fawrm] / ˈneɪ pəˌfɔrm /

adjective

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

napiform British

/ ˈneɪpɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

botany shaped like a turnip

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Etymology

Origin of napiform

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

Example Sentences

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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.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Turnips bulge out in the middle, and are napiform.

From Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 by Various

The radish is spindle-shaped, tapering at top and bottom, the carrot is conical, the turnip is called napiform; some radishes are shaped like the turnip.

From Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf by Newell, Jane H.

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.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

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