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prettygoodword) wrote2010-05-12 07:26 am
prettygoodword) wrote2010-05-12 07:26 am
napiform
napiform (NAY-puh-form) - adj., shaped like a turnip: round on top and tapering below.
So shaped like a real turnip and not like those oddly spherical things found in chain grocery stores. Coined around 1840 from Latin roots nāpus, turnip + -iform, shape. And yes, apparently this is used not just in biology but medical terminology.
---L.
So shaped like a real turnip and not like those oddly spherical things found in chain grocery stores. Coined around 1840 from Latin roots nāpus, turnip + -iform, shape. And yes, apparently this is used not just in biology but medical terminology.
---L.