Meaning

Having the shape of a goblet or drinking cup..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having the shape of a goblet or drinking cup.
2. A variety of snowdrop with petals of the same length.

Example Sentences

Poculiform (poculiforme) cylindrically cup-shaped, with the base hemispherical, and but slightly, or not at all, spreading or recurved at the mouth.

JASMINUM bracteatum […] Calyx pubescent; tube poculiform, subnervose; segments setaceous, erect, as long as the tube.

A subdivision of the genus Narcissus, including N. capax and N. reflexus, in which the segments of the perianth are semi-reflexed, and the coronet poculiform, about equalling the perianth segments.

[S]ubgenital plate of male poculiform, narrowly rounded at apex as seen from dorsum […]

Poculiforms Known since the nineteenth century, poculiform snowdrops derive their name from the Latin poculus ('little cup'), and were named by the Revd. Henry Harpur-Crew (1828–1883). The inner segments are elongated so that all six flower segments are generally equal in length, forming a rounded, bowl-shaped flower.

'The Bride' [a snowdrop variety], found in the early Seventies at Foxcote Farm near Cheltenham, was his first discovery. It's a poculiform (cup-shaped) G. elwesii with six pure white petals of the same length. Like many poculiforms […] it's not a strong grower.

Word Forms

• more poculiform
• most poculiform
• poculiforms

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