dolabriformadj.
/dəʊˈlabrɪfɔːm/ Axe-shaped, cleaver-shaped; in Botany applied to fleshy leaves having one side thick and straight, the other sharp and convex, as in Mesembryanthemum dolabriforme. Also, in Entomology, to joints of antennæ or other parts of a similar form.
ΚΠ
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Botany Tab. 2 Distinctions of the Leaves..Dolabriform.
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Dolabriform, in botany, an axe or hatchet-shaped leaf... Compressed, roundish, obtuse..with a sharp edge, roundish below.
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 294 Palpi..terminated by a dolabriform joint.
1843 H. N. Humphreys & J. O. Westwood Brit. Moths II. 119 Wings..with broad black fascia..which extends..as far as the middle of the wing, where it is dolabriform.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
<
adj.1753