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cyathiform, a.|ˈsaɪəθɪfɔːm|
[f. cyath-us + -iform: cf. F. cyathiforme.]
Shaped like a cup a little widened at the top. (Chiefly in Bot.)
1776J. Lee Introd. Bot. 245 Ciathiform, shaped like a Drinking-Glass. 1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxii. 316 Bignonia has a cyathiform calyx, narrow at bottom and spreading wide at top. 1835Penny Cycl. III. 535/2 They [Doric pillars] are fluted and tapering, with a large cyathiform capital. 1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 140 When fully expanded, the disk is cyathiform. |