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Definition of Panduriform
1. Adjective. (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center.
Definition of Panduriform
1. Adjective. (botany rare) Pandurate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Panduriform
1. Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform colour markings of an animal. Origin: L. Pandura a pandore: cf. F. Panduriforme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panduriform
Literary usage of Panduriform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Commentaries by Jonathan Stokes (1830)
"... the lower sinus filled by the rostellum, blackish rufous, granular; granules
rather large. Cotyledons flat, transversely panduriform, ..."
2. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"1 Sandy woods. NJ to Car. July. Tj.—Stem twining, round. Leaves smooth and shining
on both sides. Berry black. panduriform- ..."
3. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1886)
"... the earlier oblong or sub- cordate, or emarginate at both ends, either entire
or panduriform or 3-lobed ; the others sometimes linear, sometimes deeply ..."
4. Synoptical Flora of North America by Asa Gray (1878)
"... the earlier oblong or sub- cordate, or emarginate at both ends, either entire
or panduriform or 3-lobed ; the others sometimes linear, sometimes deeply ..."
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