mitriform

English

Etymology

mitre +‎ -iform

Adjective

mitriform (comparative more mitriform, superlative most mitriform)

1. Having the form of a miter, or peaked cap.
   • 1844, Sir James Edward Smith, The English Flora, volume 1, page 29:

     The crisped leaves, with the different nature of the peristome and mitriform calyptra, multifid at the base, are, however, certain marks of distinction.

2. (botany) Conical, and somewhat dilated at the base.

Synonyms

• (form of a mitre): mitral, mitrate

Related terms

• mitrate
• mitre
• mitred

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “mitriform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)