scopiform

English

Etymology

Latin scōpa (“a broom”) +‎ -iform.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskəʊpɪfɔː(ɹ)m/

Adjective

scopiform (comparative more scopiform, superlative most scopiform)

1. Having the form of a broom or besom.
   • 1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy:

     zeolite […] , either stelliform or scopiform

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “scopiform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)