calathiform
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin calathus (“wicker basket”) + -i- + -form.[1]
Adjective[edit]
calathiform (comparative more calathiform, superlative most calathiform)
- (especially botany, rare) Basket-shaped.
- 1966, J. Lanjouw, P. F. Baron Van Heerdt, “Quiinaceae”, in A. Pulle, editor, Flora of Suriname, volume III, part I: Dyalypetalae, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 380:
- Only young buds seen. Bracts apparently at the apex of the pedicels, calathiform, c. 3 mm in diameter, the cavity c. 2 mm deep. Pedicels c. 3,5 mm long.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “calathiform, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
