单词 | rotundiform |
释义 | > as lemmasrotundiform rotundiform adj. Brit. /rə(ʊ)ˈtʌndᵻfɔːm/ , U.S. /roʊˈtəndəˌfɔrm/ [compare post-classical Latin rotundiformis round (9th cent. in a British source)] having a rounded shape.ΚΠ 1832 Mag. Nat. Hist. 5 94 On the elevated land grew..a species of Sàgus; differing from that found in the Eastern Archipelago, &c., in having pyriform instead of rotundiform fruit. 1844 Bentley's Misc. Jan. 56 Not a note or letter passing through the hands of these worthies but assumes a rotundiform shape, from the bulging torture to which it has been subjected. 1912 28th Ann. Rep. Maine Agric. Exper. Station (1913) 215 The shape of the wing from elongate to rotundiform. 2001 R. K. Sinha Mod. Plant Physiol. (2004) ii. xi. 281 Drosera is an aquatic wild herb with rotundiform leaves. < as lemmas |
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