Obpyriform
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Obpyriform is an adjective meaning (botany) Having a shape that is in outline like that of a pear, with the base at the narrower end.
Meaning
(botany) Having a shape that is in outline like that of a pear, with the base at the narrower end.
Example Sentences
On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pear-shaped, pearshaped, pyroid, obpandurate, ramiform, elliptic.
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