claviform

[ klav-uh-fawrm ]

adjective
  1. club-shaped; clavate.

Origin of claviform

1
1810–20; <Late Latin clāv(a) club + -i- + -form

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British Dictionary definitions for claviform

claviform

/ (ˈklævɪˌfɔːm) /


adjective
  1. another word for clavate

Origin of claviform

1
C19: from Latin clāva club

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