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dolabriform, a.|dəʊˈlæbrɪfɔːm|
[f. L. dolābra pickaxe + forma shape, form: cf. F. dolabriforme.]
Axe-shaped, cleaver-shaped; in Bot. applied to fleshy leaves having one side thick and straight, the other sharp and convex, as in Mesembryanthemum dolabriforme. Also, in Entom., to joints of antennæ or other parts of a similar form.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Botany Tab. 2 Distinctions of the Leaves..Dolabriform. 1819Pantologia, Dolabriform..in botany, an axe or hatchet-shaped leaf..Compressed, roundish, obtuse..with a sharp edge, roundish below. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 294 Palpi..terminated by a dolabriform joint. 1843Humphreys Brit. Moths II. 119 Wings..with broad black fascia..which extends..as far as the middle of the wing, where it is dolabriform. |