fingerpostedadj.
/ˈfɪŋɡəpəʊstᵻd/, U.S. /ˈfɪŋɡərˌpoʊstəd/ Provided with or indicated by a fingerpost or fingerposts. Also (and in earliest use) figurative. Cf. signposted adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > having specific shape
fingered1597
fistular1640
umbilicated1693
pectinal1705
fornicated1750
deltoid1753
linguiform1753
panduriform1753
lingulated1754
campaniform1758
augmented1760
ringed1760
securiform1760
urceolate1760
utricular1760
lingulate1763
vermicular1766
pandurated1771
navicular1793
semicolumnar1793
ungulate1802
capitellate1808
meniscoid1821
virgate1821
mitriform1824
pulvinate1824
caudated1829
vulviform1829
caudate1830
circinate1830
intruded1830
trochlear1830
scalariform1836
hippocrepiform1847
neottious1850
pulviniform1851
foxglove-shaped1856
clathroid1857
molariform1857
velate1857
strombuliform1859
calceiform1860
coralline1860
forniciform1860
urceolar1860
calceolate1861
frustulose1866
pandurate1866
intruse1870
scalar1880
meniscoidal1881
fingerposted1885
applanate1887
trochleariform1895
naviculoid1898
halonate1911
1885 H. O. Forbes Naturalist's Wanderings Eastern Archipel. 88 Flowers..with..a beautifully painted and finger-posted labellum.
1913 A. O. Richardson Power of Advertising (rev. ed.) iv. 46 (heading) The finger-posted road.
1996 Times (Nexis) 6 July Hands has yet to find a finger-posted place-name that is longer than that of Moreton Hampstead in Devon.
2009 B. Boyd On Origin of Stories v. xxii. 354 There the story ends, except for a fingerposted ‘Moral: Do not go around hatching other folks' eggs’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1885