pugioniform

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin pugioniformis, from Latin pūgiō (“dagger”).

Adjective

pugioniform (comparative more pugioniform, superlative most pugioniform)

1. (botany, rare) Dagger-shaped.
   • 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:

     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.

Further reading

• “pugioniform, a.”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC, page 4835, column 3.