obpyriform
English
Etymology
ob- + pyriform
Adjective
obpyriform (not comparable)
- (botany) Having a shape that is in outline like that of a pear, with the base at the narrower end.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
- On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.
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Related terms
- pyriform