napiform

English

Etymology

From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#NAPIFORM nāpus (“turnip”)Category:English undefined derivations#NAPIFORM +‎ -formCategory:English terms suffixed with -form#NAPIFORM.

Pronunciation

Adjective

napiform (comparative more napiform, superlative most napiform)Category:English lemmas#NAPIFORMCategory:English adjectives#NAPIFORMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NAPIFORMCategory:Pages with entries#NAPIFORMCategory:Pages with 1 entry#NAPIFORM

  1. (botanyCategory:en:Botany#NAPIFORM) Shaped like a turnip; spherical at the top, but with a tapering bottom.
    • 2007, K. Kubitzki, editor, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, volume IX, page 265:
      The primary root is transformed into an[sic] perennating storage root, which is tuberous or napiform and then often branched, […]
      Category:English terms with quotations#NAPIFORM

Translations

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