ft:hippocrepiform

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hippocrepiform
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hippocrepiform: Relatively slender and strongly compressed, the whole strongly curved over its length in a plane perpendicular to the direction of compression and forming an incomplete circle, the ends somewhat straighter than the rest and parallel or nearly so, like a horseshoe.[1]
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Example(s): Example sentences from FNA : [1] anthers hippocrepiform, short, 0.8–1.5 mm, opening by a solitary terminal slit over connate sacs. [2] embryo annular or hippocrepiform (horseshoe-shaped ), surrounding copious farinaceous perisperm;

References

  1. Categorical Glossary for the Flora of North America Project, by Robert W. Kiger and Duncan M. Porter. 2001. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.