infundibuliform

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin infundibulum (“funnel”), and the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin forma (“shape, likeness”).

Adjective

infundibuliform (comparative more infundibuliform, superlative most infundibuliform)

1. having the shape of a funnel or cone.
   • 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

• Czech: trychtýřovitý
• Italian: imbutiforme
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: infundibuliforme

References

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, Angus Stevenson and Georgia Hole, editors (2007), “infundibuliform”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 6th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.