obpyriform en · ADJ
Etymology
From ob- + pyriform.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having a shape that is in outline like that of a pear, with the base at the narrower end.
On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:
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Translations (1)
fr obpiriforme (having a shape like that of a pear)