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Definition of Reniform
1. Adjective. (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney.
Definition of Reniform
1. a. Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.
Definition of Reniform
1. Adjective. Shaped like a kidney; having a circular or roughly circular shape with a notch."reniform." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 10 Apr. 2007. < name="AmHer" /> ¹
2. Adjective. (botany of leaves) Shaped like a kidney, with the petiole attached at the notch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reniform
1. kidney-shaped [adj]
Medical Definition of Reniform
1. Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf. (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reniform
Literary usage of Reniform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Noctuae and Their Varieties by James William Tutt (1892)
"orbicular and reniform ; the black elbowed line is followed by a broad red fascia
reaching from inner margin almost to costa. Hind wings dark grey with pale ..."
2. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1888)
"The anterior wing of a pale ochreous-yellow ground colour, with a white reniform
and yellow orbicular ; an abbreviated double basal line, followed by two ..."
3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1874)
"... the reniform blotch being less distinct than in the male ; the inner margin
is of a deeper colour, and i^ thickly coated with short hair, like the head ..."
4. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the by Francis Walker, John Edward Gray (1865)
"Fore wings acute; reniform mark represented by » small cinereous ringlet, which
is most distinct beneath. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. ..."
5. The Indiana Weed Book by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1912)
"Showing forma of leaves: a, ovate; ft, cordate or heart-shaped; c, sagittate or
arrow-shaped; d, hastate; «, reniform or kidney-shaped; /.rounded or ..."
6. The Indiana Weed Book by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1912)
"Showing forms of leaves: a, ovate; 6, cordate or heart-shaped; c, sagittate or
arrow-shaped; d, hastate; e, reniform or kidney-shaped; /.rounded or ..."
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