Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Round at the top and tapering below; turnip-shaped.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the shape of a turnip—that is, enlarged in the upper part and slender below: as, a napiform root.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Shaped like a
turnip ;spherical at the top, but with atapering bottom.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin nāpus, turnip + –form.]
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From Latin nāpus ("turnip") + -form
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Examples
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(The magic of chutney napiform: adj. shaped like a turnip,
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reesetee commented on the word napiform
Round at the top and tapering sharply below; turnip-shaped, as a root.
January 14, 2008
whichbe commented on the word napiform
This looks like somebody curled up on a hammock.
December 2, 2008