moriformadj.
/ˈmɔːrᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈmɔrəˌfɔrm/ Medicine and Botany.
Having the shape or form of a mulberry.
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ovenwisec1720
testiculated1725
testiculate1760
testicular1769
mulberry-like1773
pomiform1819
napiform1833
moriform1857
beehived1885
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Moriformis,..moriform.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 719 Moriform hypertrophy of the inferior turbinals.
1985 Brittonia 37 126 A moriform (blackberry-like) capitulum is one in which the flower-buds are longer than the interfloral bracts prior to anthesis.
1996 Revista de Biol. Tropical 44 Suppl. No. 4. 15 Basidiomata aggregated, tuberculate, anastomosing and distinctly moriform.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- to wake up to
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- to walk and chew gum at the same time
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