pugioniform

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adjective

Dagger-shaped.

OriginNew Latin pugioniformis ← Latin pūgiō →
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Meanings

adjectivepugioniform (comparative more pugioniform, superlative most pugioniform)

comparative more pugioniform · superlative most pugioniform

  1. rarebiologyDagger-shaped.

    pugioniformis (M. pugioniforme) has a tall thick st. to 2 ft.: lvs. to 6 in. long, glaucous, 3-angled, gradually tapering from base to apex (pugioniform or dagger-shaped): petals as long as calyx-lobes.

    1930, “Conicosia”, in L[iberty] H[yde] Bailey, Ethel Zoe Bailey, editors, Hortus: A Concise Dictionary of Gardening, General Horticulture and Cultivated Plants in North America, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 168, column 2

Origin

  1. Latinpūgiō“dagger”
  2. New Latinpugioniformis
  3. Englishpugioniform

Borrowed from New Latin pugioniformis, from Latin pūgiō (“dagger”). By surface analysis, Latin pugion + -i- + form.

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APA

pugioniform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pugioniform

MLA

“pugioniform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pugioniform. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pugioniform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pugioniform.

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