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Definition of Cordiform
1. Adjective. (of a leaf) shaped like a heart.
Definition of Cordiform
1. a. Heart-shaped.
Definition of Cordiform
1. Adjective. Shaped like a heart; cordate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cordiform
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Cordiform
1. Shaped like a heart (in three dimensions). (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordiform
Literary usage of Cordiform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1860)
"The large superior sepal is cordiform, greenish white, veined with stripes of
dark green and deep purple ; its summit is obtuse or somewhat ..."
2. The American Homœopathic Pharmacopœia (1904)
"feet high; leaves large, generally broader than long, cordiform, irregularly-angular,
lobed, shaggy on both sides, with yellow nerves on the lower surface, ..."
3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1871)
"Apical spot irregularly cordiform covering the entire apex ... Apical half of
the elytra black, not cordiform in outline; thorax very shining dimidiatus The ..."
4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1896)
"Prothorax notably longer than wide, and feebly cordiform ... Prothorax only
slightly longer thin wide, strongly cordiform ..."
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