Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, resembling a miter; conical, hollow, open at the base, and either entire there or irregularly cut: applied to certain fruits and to the calyptra of mosses. See calyptra.
  • In conchology, shaped like a miter-shell; resembling the Mitridæ

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having the form of a miter, or a peaked cap.

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  • adjective Having the form of a miter, or peaked cap.

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  • The winning word Aishwarya spelled Saturday was "mitriform," which the dictionary defines as "having the form of a miter, or peaked cap."

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  • Saturday, after successfully spelling such words as octogenary, mitriform, bellicose, jacamar and divulgence, Aishwarya won the 17th annual Regional Spelling Bee sponsored by The State Journal-Register in cooperation with the Sangamon County Regional Superintendent of Schools.

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