Panduriform

Panduriform
Pandurate Pan"du*rate, Panduriform Pan*du"ri*form, a. [L. pandura a pandore + -form: cf. F. panduriforme.] 1. Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal. [1913 Webster]

2. (Bot.) Shaped like a fiddle; -- of a leaf.

Syn: fiddle-shaped. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • panduriform — adj. (Bot.) Same as {pandurate}. Syn: pandurate, fiddle shaped. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • panduriform — adj. [L. pandura, musical instrument; forma, shape] Violin shaped, oblong at the two extremities and contracted in the middle; pandurate …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • panduriform — adjective Pandurate …   Wiktionary

  • panduriform — fiddle shaped Shapes and Resemblance …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • panduriform — pan·du·ri·form …   English syllables

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  • panduriform leaf — noun a fiddle shaped leaf • Syn: ↑pandurate leaf • Hypernyms: ↑simple leaf …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pandurate — Pan du*rate, Panduriform Pan*du ri*form, a. [L. pandura a pandore + form: cf. F. panduriforme.] 1. Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fiddle-shaped — adj. shaped like a fiddle; of a leaf shape. Syn: pandurate, panduriform. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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