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Definition of Pyriform
1. a. Having the form of a pear; pear- shaped.
Definition of Pyriform
1. Adjective. pear-shaped. Sometimes (e.g. while describing eggs) also called a ''peg-top'' shape.Ali, Salim; Sidney Dillon Ripley (1983). ''Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan'', 2nd ed.,10 vols. Oxford University Press.vol. 2, p.214. ¹
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Definition of Pyriform
1. pear-shaped [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyriform
Literary usage of Pyriform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of the Mosses of North America by Leo Lesquereux, Thomas Potts James (1884)
"Capsule inclined or pendent, ovate and oblong-pyriform, rarely slightly incurved.
Inner peristome free; membrane large; segments long, perfect, separated by ..."
2. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1901)
"Fruit large, obtuse pyriform; skin yellowish green, sprinkled with gray dots and
... Fruit of medium size, obtuse pyriform; skin yellow, with a faint blush, ..."
3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1893)
"Behind the external olfactory radiation the pyriform lobe is prolonged ...
1, ne) To this posterior part of the pyriform lobe, which is often called the ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1899)
"Ï.—Central (receptive) portion ot pyriform lobule in a cat's fu'tus at term,
under low power. Golgi preparation. In the posterior portion the cells are more ..."
5. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"Body elongate, pyriform or lemon-shaped, widest and inflated posteriorly, ...
Animalcules ovate or pyriform, alike in shape and size, resembling those of ..."
6. Elliott's Fruit Book; Or, The American Fruit-grower's Guide in Orchard and by Franklin Reuben Elliott (1854)
"Poire St Andre Fruit, above medium, globular, acute pyriform, sometimes obovate
pyriform ; color, yellowish green, with dark green specks, rarely a brownish ..."
7. The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America: Or, The Culture, Propagation, and by Andrew Jackson Downing (1855)
"Fmit rather large, varying considerably, from obovate to ob- tuse-pyriform, but
most usually as in Fig. 205. Skin rather thick, yellowish-green, ..."
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