pulviniformadj.

Brit.

/pʌlˈvɪnᵻfɔːm/, U.S.

/pəlˈvɪnəˌfɔrm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin pulvīnus , -iform comb. form.

Etymology: < classical Latin pulvīnus cushion (see pulvinus n.) + -iform comb. form; originally after French pulviniforme (1851 in the passage translated in quot. 1851). Compare pulvinated adj. and earlier pulvinate adj.R. G. Mayne (see quot. 1858) gives also a Latin form pulviniformis.

Botany and Mycology.

Resembling a cushion in shape; bulging, convex; = pulvinate adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

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

1851 tr. M. L. R. Tulasne in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 8 119 On the upper face of its pulviniform stroma [Fr. de son stroma pulviniforme] it produces white seminules.

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1044/1 Pulviniformis,..pulviniform.

1909 Missouri Bot. Garden Ann. Rep. 97 The numerous stamens have filiform filaments and elliptical anthers with pulviniform connectives.

1971 C. R. Metcalfe Anat. Monocotyledons V. 275 Sclerenchyma: circle of c. 30 hypodermal strands, including rounded, hemicentric, pulviniform and slightly crescentiform types.

2005 Jrnl. Ethnopharmacol. 98 195/1 The Teucrium marum..complex..comprises small erect or pulviniform shrubs that grow..in the western Mediterranean islands.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pulviniform
释义	pulviniformadj. Brit. /pʌlˈvɪnᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /pəlˈvɪnəˌfɔrm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin pulvīnus , -iform comb. form. Etymology: < classical Latin pulvīnus cushion (see pulvinus n.) + -iform comb. form; originally after French pulviniforme (1851 in the passage translated in quot. 1851). Compare pulvinated adj. and earlier pulvinate adj.R. G. Mayne (see quot. 1858) gives also a Latin form pulviniformis. Botany and Mycology. Resembling a cushion in shape; bulging, convex; = pulvinate adj. 1. ΘΚΠ 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 1851 tr. M. L. R. Tulasne in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 8 119 On the upper face of its pulviniform stroma [Fr. de son stroma pulviniforme] it produces white seminules. 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1044/1 Pulviniformis,..pulviniform. 1909 Missouri Bot. Garden Ann. Rep. 97 The numerous stamens have filiform filaments and elliptical anthers with pulviniform connectives. 1971 C. R. Metcalfe Anat. Monocotyledons V. 275 Sclerenchyma: circle of c. 30 hypodermal strands, including rounded, hemicentric, pulviniform and slightly crescentiform types. 2005 Jrnl. Ethnopharmacol. 98 195/1 The Teucrium marum..complex..comprises small erect or pulviniform shrubs that grow..in the western Mediterranean islands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1851
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