infundibuliformadj.
/ɪnfʌnˈdɪbjʊlɪfɔːm/ Funnel-shaped.
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infundibuliform1752
funnel-shaped1753
trumpet-shaped1768
funnelled1793
infundibular1795
trumpet-like1814
evected1841
infundibulate1864
funnel-form1880
trumpeted1889
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Infundibuliformis (among Herbalists), any Flower that is shap'd like a Funnel.]
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 292 The ventral fins coalesce at their extremities, and form a single, oblong hollow, and, in some degree, infundibuliform fin.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Infundibuliform Flowers, or funnel-fashioned flower,..one of the kinds of monopetalous or one-leav'd flowers..having a narrow tube at one end, and a wide mouth at the other.
1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 104 The flowers are very large, infundibuliform, of a pale incarnate colour.
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 216 Cells..infundibuliform,..multilamellate.
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