hypocrateriformadj.
/ˌhʌɪpə(ʊ)krəˈtɪərɪfɔːm//ˌhɪpə(ʊ)krəˈtɪərɪfɔːm/ Botany.
Having the form of a salver raised on a support: said of a corolla in which the tube is long and cylindrical, with a flat spreading limb at right angles to it, as in the periwinkle and phlox.
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salver-shaped1760
hypocrateriform1788
salverform1821
hypocraterimorphous1880
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Hypocrateriformis,..the name given by Mr. Tournefort to a peculiar sort of flowers.]
1788 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 4) 7 Hypocrateriform, salver-shaped, that is plain or flat, and standing on a Tube.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 222 Corolla monopetalous,..hypocrateriform, with from 5 to 8 divisions.
1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 169 Perianth hypocrateriform..having a cup-shaped crown surrounding the top of the tube.
Derivatives
hypocraˈterimorphous adj. [-morphous comb. form; compare French hypocratérimorphe.]
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > salver-shaped
salver-shaped1760
hypocrateriform1788
salverform1821
hypocraterimorphous1880
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §5. 248 Hypocrateriform, or rather (not to mix Latin and Greek) Hypocraterimorphous, in English Salverform.
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