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obconic(al) |
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solid shape |
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Transversely round, essentially triangular in median longitudinal section, and broadest distally; inversely conic(al) (cone-shaped). |
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dimidiate |
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solid shape |
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Halved, figuratively; bilaterally asymmetric, nearly or wholly lacking one side as implicitly compared with some corresponding bilaterally symmetric structure, real or imagined. |
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platter-shaped |
= scutellate, scutelliform |
solid shape |
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Relatively thin with opposite broad oval faces, shallowly concave-convex; like a serving platter. See also buckler-shaped (scutate, scutiform), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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sausage-shaped |
= botuliform |
solid shape |
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Arcuately cylindric with rounded ends. |
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lanciform |
= lancehead-shaped, lanceoloid |
solid shape |
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Considerably longer than broad, compressed or not, broadest near the base and somewhat concavely attenuate to the apex, the attenuation in all median longitudinal planes or else largely confined to one, depending upon the extent of compression, if any. See also oblanciform (oblanceoloid). |
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cylindric(al) |
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solid shape |
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Solid and transversely round with a more or less uniform diameter, the ends blunt. |
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rotund |
= globose, globular, orbicular, spheric(al), spheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a sphere or globe. |
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knob-shaped |
= gongylodate, gongyloid, knot-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. |
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ampulliform |
= flask-shaped, lageniform |
solid shape |
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Generally circular in cross-section, broadest at or below the middle, approximately globose below that and constricted above to a relatively narrow neck; like a flask. |
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semiobterete |
= half-obterete |
solid shape |
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Inversely semiterete; obterete but flattened on one side. |
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hemispheric(al) |
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solid shape |
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Half-spheric(al); broadest at the base and uniformly rounded to the apex, circular in any transverse section, and half-circular in any median longitudinal section. |
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broom-shaped |
= muscariform, penicillate |
solid shape |
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Having a proximal axis that bears a distal cluster of elongate slender branches or appendages, these variously ascending to erect; like a broom. |
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pear-shaped |
= pyriform |
solid shape |
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Basically circular in transverse section, broadest toward one end, attenuate toward and much narrower at the other, both ends rounded; slenderly turbinate or obturbinate; like a pear. |
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spheric(al) |
= globose, globular, orbicular, rotund, spheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a sphere or globe. |
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strombuliform |
= spire-shaped |
solid shape |
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Attenuate-spiral in three dimensions, the coils contiguous or not. |
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needle-shaped |
= acerose, acicular |
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. |
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pleated 1 |
= plaited, plicate |
solid shape |
foliaceous structure |
Having alternately adaxial and abaxial lengthwise folds, resembling a fan. |
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depressed |
< flattened |
solid shape |
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Flattened distally, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, as though pressed from the top, the external surface otherwise basically convex. Often used in combination with some other term that describes the overall shape exclusive of ("before") flattening, e.g., depressed-globose. See also compressed (complanate), obcompressed. |
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flanged |
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solid shape |
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Having a relatively broad circumferential rim or ridge that protrudes laterally. |
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taeniate |
= tapeworm-shaped |
solid shape |
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Slender, elongate, basically cylindric or compressed-cylindric with shallow, narrow, more or less regular constrictions along its length, the whole apparently segmented and straight or variously curved. |
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mound-shaped |
= cushion-shaped, pulvinate, pulviniform |
solid shape |
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Essentially round in transverse section, much broader than long or high, with a convex distal face that intersects either a more or less plane proximal face or, when the structure is sessile, its bearing surface. |
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carinate |
= keeled |
solid shape |
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Having an elongate median longitudinal ridge that is basically triangular in transverse section, resembling the keel of a boat; esp. a leaf blade or sheath, glume, lemma, palea, sepal or petal. |
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cymbiform |
= boat-shaped, navicular |
solid shape |
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Like the generalized form of a boat hull, the walls relatively thin to moderately thick, the interior essentially empty and open along one side. |
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knobby |
= knotty, nodose |
solid shape |
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Having knob-shaped (gongylodate, gongyloid, knot-shaped, nodiform) protrusions. See also nodulose. |
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dolabrate |
= axehead-shaped |
solid shape |
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Like an axehead oriented cutting edge downward. This term is not semantically distinct from dolabriform, but botanically they have had somewhat different applications. |
