napiformadj.
/ˈneɪpᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈneɪpəˌfɔrm/ Having the form, shape, or appearance of a turnip; (spec. in Botany, of a root, spore, etc.) round above and tapering below.
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ovenwisec1720
testiculated1725
testiculate1760
testicular1769
mulberry-like1773
pomiform1819
napiform1833
moriform1857
beehived1885
1833 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 23 82 A third species is found in elevated pastures, at the entrance of woods and thickets; this resembles the G. tuberosum, L., from which however it differs in its napiform root.
1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. i. 64 The napiform (turnip-shaped) root is another variety of the fusiform.
1882 Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Jan. 8 The Teleutospore is a very remarkable body..; when fully formed it is napiform.
1923 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 10 31 Liquefaction begins in about 24 hours and at 20°C., at first crateriform or napiform.
1952 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 79 363 Slender, erect, herbaceous, caulescent, branching, scaberulous perennial, from a napiform root.
1995 Mycol. Res. 99 932 Teliospores are pedicellate, smooth, spherical or napiform with a terminal papilla.
2010 J. M. Lock in J. R. Timberlake & E. S. Martins Flora Zambesiaca XIII. iv. 131 Translation of original Latin description: ‘Rhizome creeping, brown-scaly, bearing tuberous napiform blackish roots (thickened part 2 x 0.8 cm).’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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