hypocraterimorphous

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑποκρατήριον (hupokratḗrion, “stand for a mixing jar”) (from ὑπο- (hupo-) + κρατήρ (kratḗr) + -ιον (-ion)) + -morphous.

Adjective

hypocraterimorphous (comparative more hypocraterimorphous, superlative most hypocraterimorphous)

  1. (botany) Shaped like a salver; having a slender tube that sharply expands into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hypocraterimorphous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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