infundibuliform

comparative more infundibuliform · superlative most infundibuliform

1. having the shape of a funnel or cone.

   This is a monopetalous, infundibuliform, white flower, of the tuberofe kind.

   1784, William Marsden, The history of Sumatra, page 88

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   ... had it not been for that patriotic Texan with his infundibuliform jowls and his lumpy, rumpleheaded, indestructible smile cracked forever across the front of his face like the brim of a black ten-gallon hat.

   1961, Joseph Heller, chapter 2, in Catch-22, Vintage, published 2004, page 18

   Synonyms: infundibular