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Definition of Obconic
1. a. Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.
Definition of Obconic
1. Adjective. (botany) of a fruit, conical in shape and attached to the stalk by the pointed end. ¹
2. Adjective. Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obconic
1. conical with the apex below [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obconic
Literary usage of Obconic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"Flowers J in. ; standard crimson, keel and wings paler. Calyx tube short, obconic.
Pod 1J-2 in., i in. , broad, stipitate, ..."
2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Leaves broad, obconic collum. Paraphyses of male (lowers filiform. Capsule oval
or oblong with short collum. ..."
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