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PANDURIFORM
pandurate, panduriform, fiddle-shaped
(adjective) (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
panduriform (not comparable)
(botany, rare) Pandurate.
Source: Wiktionary
Pan"du*rate, Pan*du"ri*form, a. Etym: [L. pandura a pandore + -form: cf. F. panduriforme.]
Definition: Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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