Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, resembling a simitar in shape: as, an acinaciform leaf, one which has one edge convex and thin, the other straighter and thick, as in species of Mesembryanthemum; an acinaciform pod, as of some beans.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Scimeter-shaped.
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- adjective botany Shaped like a
scimitar ; as an acinaciformleaf .
Etymologies
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Latin acinaces ("short sword") + -form. Compare French acinaciforme.
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