Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Round at the top and tapering below; turnip-shaped.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the shape of a turnip—that is, enlarged in the upper part and slender below: as, a napiform root.

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

  • adjective (Bot.) Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective botany Shaped like a turnip; spherical at the top, but with a tapering bottom.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin nāpus, turnip + –form.]

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From Latin nāpus ("turnip") + -form

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Examples

  • (The magic of chutney napiform: adj. shaped like a turnip,

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  • Round at the top and tapering sharply below; turnip-shaped, as a root.

    January 14, 2008

  • This looks like somebody curled up on a hammock.

    December 2, 2008