Meanings
- not comparablebiologySynonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).
intussusception with a reniform appearance
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multiple reniform circumscribed fat-containing masses
The Bean […] is oval, and not at all reniform'd like the Kidney-Beans.
[1745, James Parsons, “Tab. V. Fig. 12. a. Cow-itch, Coughage, or Stinging-Beans.”, in The Microscopical Theatre of Seeds: […], volume I, London: […] F. Needham, […]; and sold by M. Cooper, […], →OCLC, page 201[T]he antheræ are reniform: the germen is oval, and obtuſely trigonal; […]
1751, John Hill, “Class the Sixth. Order the First. Division the First. Hexandria Monogynia, Having Corollæ Divided into Three Segments, and Cups to Them. [TRADESCANTIA.]”, in A General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals of the Different Parts of the World; […], volume II (A History of Plants), London: […] Thomas Osborne, […], →OCLC, part III (Plants Called the More Perfect Ones), page 364In one of the ſegments of the lovver portion of the kidney, there vvas a large reniform Papillæ, in the outer circumference of vvhich a ſmall part of the papillary fleſh vvas vvanting. […] In the oppoſite ſegment, there vvas a fourth reniform Papilla, reſembling the firſt; […]
1756, Albert Haller [i.e., Albrecht von Haller], “Observation LIX. A Coalition of the Kidnies.”, in Pathological Observations, Chiefly from Dissections of Morbid Bodies, London: […] D. Wilson and T. Durnam, […], →OCLC, page 178The oxyde of cobalt, […] is found either ſuperficial, interſperſed, or in lumps; ſometimes botryoidal or reniform or bearing particular impreſſions.
1799, William Babington, “[Class III. Metals. Order II. Fragile. Genus IV. Cobalt.] Species II. Native Oxyde of Cobalt.”, in A New System of Mineralogy, in the Form of a Catalogue, after the Manner of Baron Born’s Systematic Catalogue of the Collection of Fossils of Mlle. Élénore de Raab, London: […] T[homas] Bensley, […]; and sold by W. Phillips, […]; G. G. and J. Robinsons, […]; and T[homas] Cox, […], →OCLC, page 232Synonyms: kidney-shaped
- not comparablebiologyOf a leaf: kidney-shaped, with the petiole attached at the notch.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- New Latinrēnifōrmis“of seeds: kidney-shaped”
- Latinrēnis
- Englishreniform
Learned borrowing from Latin rēnis (the genitive singular of rēn (“kidney”); see further at that entry) + English -form (suffix meaning ‘having the form or shape of’), modelled after New Latin rēnifōrmis (“of seeds: kidney-shaped”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan reniforme
- reniformesynonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped
Finnish munuaismainen
- munuaismainenof a leaf: kidney-shaped, with the petiole attached at the notch
French réniforme
- réniformesynonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped
German nierig
- nierigsynonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped
Italian reniforme
- reniformesynonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped
Latin rēnifōrmis
- rēnifōrmissynonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped
Polish nerkowaty
- nerkowatyof a leaf: kidney-shaped, with the petiole attached at the notch
Romanian reniform
- reniformsynonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped
Spanish reniforme, arriñonado
- reniformesynonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped
- arriñonadosynonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped
Turkish böbreksi
- böbreksisynonym of kidney-shaped — see also kidney-shaped
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Cite this entry
reniform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reniform
“reniform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reniform. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reniform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reniform.
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