obpyriform

English

Etymology

From ob- +‎ pyriform.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪɹɪfɔː(ɹ)m

Adjective

obpyriform (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having a shape that is in outline like that of a pear, with the base at the narrower end.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:

     On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.

Related terms

• pyriform

Translations

having a shape like that of a pear

• French: obpiriforme m or f