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Definition of Fiddle-shaped
1. Adjective. (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center.
Medical Definition of Fiddle-shaped
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fiddle-shaped
Literary usage of Fiddle-shaped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American homoeopathic pharmacopoeia by Joseph T. O'Connor (1883)
"Petals fiddle-shaped, arching over a greenish-yellow style.' Flowers in June.
Preparation.—The fresh plant, gathered when coming into flower, is chopped and ..."
2. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1868)
"... the fiddle-shaped petals arched over the (greenish-yellow) style. — Varies
rarely with greenish- yellow flowers, and without purple veins in the foliage ..."
3. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany, a Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1880)
"... and sometimes fiddle-shaped or halberd-3-lobed leaves, 1 - 5-flowered peduncles,
small bracts, and open funnel-form white corolla with deep purple eye, ..."
4. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"BLOODY-VEINED or RED D. Leaves red-veined, less curled, lanceolate or oblong,
often fiddle-shaped ; whorls distant, in long slender and leafless spikes ..."
5. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District by Asa Gray, Sereno Watson (1889)
"R. CONGLOMERATES, Murray. (SMALLER GREES DOCK.) Like the last, )>ut leaves not
fiddle-shaped, and panicle leafy; pedicels short, jointed below the middle; ..."
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