mitriformadj.
/ˈmʌɪtrᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈmaɪtrəˌfɔrm/ 1. Botany. Resembling or shaped like a mitre; (spec. of the calyptra of a moss) conical, symmetrical, and having two or more slits (cf. dimidiate adj. 2b). Cf. mitrate adj. 1.
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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
1824 R. K. Greville Flora Edinensis p. lxi Anictangium. Seta terminal. Calyptra mitriform. Mouth of the theca naked.
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. § 1114 The calyptra is sometimes split on one side (dimidiate), at other times it is..split into short clefts all round its base (mitriform).
1910 H. H. Haines Forest Flora Chota Nagpur 507 C[anthium] didymum, Roxb... Style long, stigma mitriform.
1947 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 74 134 (caption) Plant in bloom with mitriform cap of stamens.
1978 A. J. E. Smith Moss Flora Brit. & Irel. (1980) 344 Physcomitrium... Capsule erect,..gymnostomous; lid apiculate to rostellate; calyptra symmetrical, mitriform.
1998 Mycologia 90 1055 Ascotaiwania mitriformis sp. nov...differs from other species in having large brown fusiform ascospores with mitriform end cells.
2. Zoology. Resembling a mitre shell.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of shell or parts of shell
testaceous1668
trivalvous1681
articulate1685
tabulous1734
concamerated1747
costated1751
ribbed1752
multivalve1753
umbilical1755
multivalved1759
trichite1765
right-handed1776
ventricose1777
unequivalved1788
sinistral1803
white-lipped1813
white-mouthed1815
turriculated1822
umbonial1824
turreted1826
siphunculated1828
columellar1829
sinistrorsal1830
canaliferous1834
spirivalve1835
turrited1835
versant1839
mitriform1843
paucispiral1843
turriculate1843
siphuncled1847
ventricous1850
camerated1851
convolute1851
perforated1851
parietal1854
septiferous1854
planorbiform1856
planorboid1856
trivalved1856
turrite1856
siphunculate1875
turriform1875
umbonic1877
costate1881
interlocular1888
varicated1891
lirate1894
evolute1896
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 446/2 [Of shells] Mitriform; spire produced, conic.
1881 Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 15 404 Shell,—high, mitriform, biconical.
1989 Nautilus 103 13 (title) Pleioptygmatidae, a new family of mitriform gastropods.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1824