ENSIFORM

ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike, bladelike

(adjective) shaped like a sword blade; “the iris has an ensiform leaf”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

ensiform (comparative more ensiform, superlative most ensiform)

shaped like a sword blade

Synonyms

• swordlike

• sword-shaped

Anagrams

• fermions, sfermion

Source: Wiktionary


En"si*form, a. Etym: [L. ensis sword + -form: cf. F. ensiforme.]

Definition: Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf. Ensiform cartilage, and Ensiform process. (Anat.) See Xiphisternum.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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