Meanings
adjectivenapiform (comparative more napiform, superlative most napiform)
comparative more napiform · superlative most napiform
- biologyShaped like a turnip; spherical at the top, but with a tapering bottom.
The primary root is transformed into an^([sic]) perennating storage root, which is tuberous or napiform and then often branched, […]
2007, K. Kubitzki, editor, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, volume IX, page 265
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latinnāpus“turnip”
- Englishnapiform
From Latin nāpus (“turnip”) + -form.
More words from Latin
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Dutch koolachtig
- koolachtigshaped like a turnip
Estonian naerikujuline
- naerikujulineshaped like a turnip
Finnish naurismainen
- naurismainenshaped like a turnip
French napiforme
- napiformeshaped like a turnip
German rübenförmig
- rübenförmigshaped like a turnip
Greek γογγυλοειδής
- γογγυλοειδής (gongyloeidís)shaped like a turnip
Hungarian répaszerű
- répaszerűshaped like a turnip
Lithuanian ropinis
- ropinisshaped like a turnip
Russian репови́дный, репообра́зный
- репови́дный (repovídnyj)shaped like a turnip
- репообра́зный (repoobráznyj)shaped like a turnip
- ре́пчатый (répčatyj)shaped like a turnip
Ukrainian ріпчастий
- ріпчастий (ripčastyj)shaped like a turnip
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APA
napiform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/napiform
MLA
“napiform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/napiform. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “napiform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/napiform.
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