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mitriform, a.|ˈmaɪtrɪfɔːm|
[ad. mod.L. mitriformis, f. mitra mitre n.1: see -form]
a. Bot. Resembling or shaped like a mitre; conical, hollow, and open at the base, the base being sometimes irregularly indented; applied to the calyptra of mosses and to certain fruits.
b. Conch. Shaped like a mitre-shell.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 322 The mitriform calyptra. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 446/2 [Of shells] Mitriform; spire produced, conic. 1881R. B. Watson in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XV. 404 Shell,—high, mitriform, biconical. |