claviform
[ klav-uh-fawrm ]
adjective
club-shaped; clavate.
Origin of claviform
1Words Nearby claviform
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How to use claviform in a sentence
The claviform stigma usually somewhat club-shaped and situated immediately below the orbicular; and 3.
New Zealand Moths and Butterflies | G. V. HudsonPolymorpha: the claviform and serricorn Coleoptera, as a whole.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. SmithExtinct; phragmacone with widely separated septa; rostrum well developed and claviform.
British Dictionary definitions for claviform
claviform
/ (ˈklævɪˌfɔːm) /
adjective
another word for clavate
Origin of claviform
1C19: from Latin clāva club
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