Meanings
comparative more disciform · superlative most disciform
- biologyHaving a flat, rounded shape.
The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk[…], and is sessile on the calyptra base[…]
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving a round or oval shape like a disc
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekδίσκος“disc”
- Englishdisciform
Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disc”) + -form
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