Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having rounded ends and a contracted center; fiddle-shaped.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fiddle-shaped.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped
- adjective (Bot.) Shaped like a fiddle; -- of a leaf.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany, of leaves Having a shape reminiscent of a
fiddle ;obovate with a pair ofsinuous indentations near the base.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Late Latin pandūra, three-string lute, from Greek pandoura.]
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Latin pandura ("a pandore").
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Examples
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As the quizzical son of nostril and the pandurate conic latten, michelson hamamelites to me regardful the applause of mumbai.
Rational Review 2009
hernesheir commented on the word pandurate
panduriform
February 19, 2011
bilby commented on the word pandurate
Hmmmm. I think one of Pro's breakfasts was pandoriform.
February 19, 2011