Definitions for falciformˈfæl səˌfɔrm
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fal•ci•formˈfæl səˌfɔrm(adj.)
sickle-shaped; falcate.
Category: Botany
Origin of falciform:
1760–70; < L falc-, s. of falx sickle +I-+ -form
Princeton's WordNet
falcate, falciform, sickle-shaped(adj)
curved like a sickle
"a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon"
Wiktionary
falciform(Adjective)
Sickle-shaped.
Origin: From (stem of falx) + .
Webster Dictionary
Falciform(adj)
having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver
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