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Etymology edit

From Latin īnfundibulum (funnel), and the Latin fōrma (shape, likeness).

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɪnfʌnˈdɪbjʊlɪˌfɔː(ɹ)m/

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infundibuliform (comparative more infundibuliform, superlative most infundibuliform)

  1. having the shape of a funnel or cone.
    • 1961, Joseph Heller, chapter 2, in Catch-22, Vintage, published 2004, page 18:
      ... 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.
    • 1784, William Marsden, The history of Sumatra, page 88:
      This is a monopetalous, infundibuliform, white flower, of the tuberofe kind.

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Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French infundibuliforme.

Adjective edit

infundibuliform m or n (feminine singular infundibuliformă, masculine plural infundibuliformi, feminine and neuter plural infundibuliforme)

  1. infundibular

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  • infundibuliform in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN