Etymology

hypocraterimorphous

Today it means: Shaped like a salver; having a slender tube that sharply expands into a bowl-shaped or spreading border Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὑποκρατήριον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὑποκρατήριον“stand for a mixing jar”
  2. English todayhypocraterimorphous

From Ancient Greek ὑποκρατήριον (hupokratḗrion, “stand for a mixing jar”) (from ὑπο- (hupo-) + κρατήρ (kratḗr) + -ιον (-ion)) + -morphous.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὑποκρατήριον all →

hypocrateriform

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