Meanings
adjectivecalathiform (comparative more calathiform, superlative most calathiform)
comparative more calathiform · superlative most calathiform
- especiallyrarebiologyBasket-shaped.
Only young buds seen. Bracts apparently at the apex of the pedicels, calathiform, c. 3 mm in diameter, the cavity c. 2 mm deep. Pedicels c. 3,5 mm long.
1966, J. Lanjouw, P. F. Baron Van Heerdt, “Quiinaceae”, in A. Pulle, editor, Flora of Suriname, volume III, part I: Dyalypetalae, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 380
Origin
- Latincalathus“wicker basket”
- Englishcalathiform
From Latin calathus (“wicker basket”) + -iform.
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