A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

pyramidalis,-e (adj.B), pyramidatus,-a,-um (adj.A): “having the figure of an angular cone, but more frequently used as an equivalent for conical, as the prickles of some Roses, the root of Carrot [Daucus carota], the heads of many trees (Lindley); (pyramidal=) pyramid-shaped (Jackson); pyramid-shaped (Stearn 1996); (fungi) “(of scales) pyramid-shaped” (S&D); pyramid-shaped, pyramidal; cf. tetrahedral; see pyramid;

Outline of the ramifications [i.e. branching]: pyramidal, “Spread horizontally, and growing smaller as they approach the top. Abies pectinata;” “Becoming smaller, from the base to the top. Yucca, Agave. (S. Gray).

Gramen serotinum arvese, panicula contractiore pyramidalis (Desfon.) Gramen serotinum arvense,with the panicle more contracted, shaped like a pyramid.

nux solitaria, cristis 1-3 dorsalibus parum prominulis aucta v. ecristata, irregulariter pyramidato-3- gona (B&H), nut solitary, increased with 1-3 dorsal somewhat prominent crests or lacking crests, irregularly pyramidate-3-angled.

pileus verrucis bubalinis vel flavis pyramidalibus ornatus, pileus ornamented with warts, buff or yellow, pyramidal.

samarae 3, receptáculo pyramidali applicatae, oblongae, superne extrorsum in alam productae (B&H), samaras 3, attached to a pyramidal receptacle, oblong, prolonged upward externally into a wing.

pileus verrucis bubalinis vel flavis pyramidalibus ornatus, pileus ornamented with warts, buff or yellow, pyramidal.

corpore seminis pyramidato, with the body of the seed pyramidal.

sporae magnae, pyramidales, spores large, pyramidal.

siliqua triangularis, pyramidata, rostrata, crassa, intus suberosa et lacunosa, basi utrinque cornuta (B&H); silique triangular, pyramidate, rostrate, thick, corky within and full of cavities (lacumae).

peristomio simplici, dentibus sedecim, pyramidatis, with the peristome simple [i.e. not double], with the teeth sixteen, pyramidate.

Arbor aspectu P. sylvestrem referens potius quam A. pectinatam quae aspectu pyramidato, foliis pectinatim dispositis duplo longioribus differt (Boissier), a tree resembling in appearance Pinus sylvestris rather than [Abies] pectinata which differs by its conical appearance, by the leaves arranged like a comb, two times longer.

carpella 3 - 5, angulo interno basi columellae pyramidatae adnata (B&H), carpels 3-5, adnate to the inner angle at the base of the pyramidate[i.e. pyramid-shaped] columella.

Bellidastrum est plantae genus, а Веllide dumtaxat diversum seminibus pappis instructis & thalamo floris non pyramidato (Michel.), Bellisastrum is a sort of plant, only different from Bellis by the seeds provided with pappi and the thalamus [i.e. seed-bed or receptacle] of the flower not pyramidate.

Fastigiate, tapering to a narrow point, like a pyramid (Paxton); fastigiately-branched, the branches becoming gradually shorter from the base to the apex (Paxton); see fastigiatus,-a,-um (adj.A).

obpyramidatus,-a,-um (adj.A): reverse-pyramid-shaped (i.e. with the broadest part on top, the narrowest at the bottom).

Ajuga pyramidalis; Capsicum pyramidale, Orchis pyramidalis; Ornithogalum pyramidale.

Cornutia pyramidata; Gnaphalium pyramidatum; Sida pyramidata