radiatiform
English
Etymology
radiate + -iform
Adjective
radiatiform (not comparable)
- Having the appearance of being radiate.
- (botany) Having the marginal florets enlarged and radiating but not ligulate, as in the capitula or heads of the cornflower[1]
References
- 1858, Asa Gray, How Plants Grow: A Simple Introduction to Structural Botany
- radiatiform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913