Sekirov Dictionary

claviform

UK /ˈklævɪfɔːm/US /ˈklævɪˌfɔɹm/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 3

adjective3

•
Larger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped.
- Claviform is the reverse of stalactitic; it is composed of club-shaped parallel rods which adhere by their thin extremities. Examples, brown and black haematite. — 1805
•
Shaped like a nail (“a metallic spike-shaped fastener”).
- CLAVOPORA Busk, 1874. Colony small, erect, coriaceous, claviform (nail-shaped), with two well differentiated parts: [...] — 1988
Key-shaped.

noun1

An image or symbol which is club-shaped, that is, larger at the tip than at the base.

forms

claviforms · more claviform · most claviform

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