Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having the form of a shallow cup or bowl.
- Having the form of an acetabulum; sucker-shaped; cup-like; cotyloid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Shaped like a
saucer or shallow cup.
Etymologies
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From modern Latin acetabuliformis, from acetabulum ("saucer") + -form.
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