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prettygoodwordnuciform (NYOO-si-form) - adj., nut-shaped.
Yes, there's a word for it. Made (in)famous by Shaw's play The Doctor's Dilemma, in which a quack makes makes a living from operations to remove the nuciform sac as a cure for all sorts of ills of the idle rich -- said bit of anatomy not existing, of course. In reality, used mostly in botany. From Latin roots nux, nut + -form, shape of.
---L.
Yes, there's a word for it. Made (in)famous by Shaw's play The Doctor's Dilemma, in which a quack makes makes a living from operations to remove the nuciform sac as a cure for all sorts of ills of the idle rich -- said bit of anatomy not existing, of course. In reality, used mostly in botany. From Latin roots nux, nut + -form, shape of.
---L.
