Meanings
adjectivecordiform (comparative more cordiform, superlative most cordiform)
comparative more cordiform · superlative most cordiform
- biologyHeart-shaped.
The "Pawang" also inflicts death from a distance, by burning the cordiform top of a newly opened bunch of bananas on the tree.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 176Synonyms: cordate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHeart-shaped.
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adjective(of a leaf) shaped like a heart
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥dés
- Proto-Italic*kord
- Latincor
- Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
- Latinfōrma
- Englishcordiform
From Latin cor (“heart”) + English -iform.
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