shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
cyathiform in American English
(saiˈæθəˌfɔrm)
adjective
Botany & Zoology
shaped like a cup
Word origin
[1770–80; cyath(ium) + -i- + -form]This word is first recorded in the period 1770–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: advisory, charade, crescendo, extra, jungle-i- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin,if the second element is of Latin origin. Other words that use the affix -i- include: Frenchify, cuneiform; -form is a combining form meaning “having the form of”. Other words that use the affix-form include: cuneiform, somatoform, stratiform, tectiform, uniform