infundibuliform

English

Etymology

From Latin infundere (“pour in, on, or out”), and the Latin forma (“shape, likeness”).

Adjective

infundibuliform (comparative more infundibuliform, superlative most infundibuliform)

1. having the shape of a funnel
   • 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, Vintage (2004), chapter 2, page 18:

     ... had it not been for that patriotic Texan with his infundibuliform jowls and his lumpy, rumpleheaded, indestructible smile cracked forever across the front of his face like the brim of a black ten-gallon hat.

   • 1784, William Marsden, The history of Sumatra, page 88:

     This is a monopetalous, infundibuliform, white flower, of the tuberofe kind.

Synonyms

• infundibular

Translations

having the shape of a funnel

• Italian: imbutiforme (it)

References

• Angus Stevenson (Editor), Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 6th Edition. Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 9780199206872.