horn-shaped |
= corniform |
solid shape |
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Straight or curved and slenderly conic or conoidal, like an animal horn. |
placenta-shaped |
= placentiform |
solid shape |
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Thickly discoid (disciform); like the generalized form of a human placenta. |
flabelliform |
= fan-shaped, flabellate |
solid shape |
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Strongly compressed, broadest near the apex and attenuate to a narrow base, plaited longitudinally, the alternating folds radiating from the base, the whole basically triangular in broad aspect; like a partially expanded folding fan. |
scutelliform |
= platter-shaped, scutellate |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad oval faces, shallowly concave-convex; like a serving platter. See also scutate (buckler-shaped, scutiform), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
urn-shaped |
= urceolate |
solid shape |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Having a truncate-ellipsoid tube and a distinct, erect limb, the whole somewhat constricted between tube and limb. See also cotyliform, cyathiform. |
…angled |
= …gonous |
solid shape |
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Elongate with the number of longitudinal angles indicated by the prefix, the intervening sides transversely flat or curved; as in four-angled. See also …angular (…gonal), deltoid, obdeltoid, triquetrous. |
knot-shaped |
= gongylodate, gongyloid, knob-shaped, nodiform |
solid shape |
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Approximately globose, the surface convoluted or not, like a knob or knot; usually applied only to structures or components that are relatively small. |
acerose |
= acicular, needle-shaped |
solid shape |
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Rounded in cross-section and very slenderly elongate, broadest near the middle, and gradually attenuate to an acute apex and a slightly blunter base; like a needle. |
lingulate |
= tongue-shaped |
solid shape |
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Broadly elongate and compressed, one broad face more or less plane and the other convex, the edges rounded between them; like a tongue. |
botuliform |
= sausage-shaped |
solid shape |
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Arcuately cylindric with rounded ends. |
cuboid |
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solid shape |
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Generally but not strictly cubic; more or less equilaterally six-sided, each side basically square. |
ring-shaped |
= annular |
solid shape |
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More or less evenly tubular in a closed circle; like a ring or doughnut. |
scutiform |
= buckler-shaped, scutate |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad oblong faces, planate to shallowly concave-convex, sometimes thickened about the periphery such that each face has a marginal rim; like an oblong shield. See also scutellate (platter-shaped, scutelliform), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
slipper-shaped |
= calceolate |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin-walled with an essentially hollow interior that is open on one side at the broader end. |
head-shaped |
= capitate, capitiform |
solid shape |
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Basically globose and resembling a head in the context of occurrence. |
canaliculate |
= channeled |
solid shape |
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Having a longitudinal, transversely rounded depression; esp. a petiole or petiolule. |
umbilicate |
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solid shape |
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Having a relatively small, transversely round, central depression in an essentially round broad face. |
knotted |
= torulose |
solid shape |
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Elongate and irregularly round in transverse section with narrow irregular constrictions and intervening, closely proximate gongyloid sectors, the whole straight or variously curved; serially gongyloid; like a sequentially knotted rope. |
acetabuliform |
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solid shape |
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Transversely circular, broader than long, widest near or at the middle, relatively thin-walled, the hollow interior open distally; like a shallow bowl with strongly incurved sides. |
tubercular |
= tuberculose |
solid shape |
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Comprising small knot-like segments. |
ventricose |
= bellied |
solid shape |
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Bulging unilaterally near the middle, as though with a belly. |
placentiform |
= placenta-shaped |
solid shape |
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Thickly disciform (discoid); like the generalized shape of a human placenta. |
oblanceoloid |
= oblanciform |
solid shape |
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Inversely lanceoloid (lancehead-shaped, lanciform). |
ensiform |
= sword-shaped |
solid shape |
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Elongate and moderately slender, strongly compressed, the opposite faces plane, parallel, broadest at the base and gradually attenuate to a short, more strongly attenuate, acute apex; like a broadsword blade. |
knotty |
= knobby, nodose |
solid shape |
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Having knot-shaped (gongylodate, gongyloid, knob-shaped, nodiform) protrusions. See also nodulose. |