A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

utriformis,-e (adj.B): utriform; “bag-shaped, utricular” (Jackson); (of fungi) "having the form of a leather bottle; bladder-shaped; (of cystidia), ventricose below and thick above, but almost isodiametric, and typically with a slight constriction below a large rounded head” (S&D) [> L. uter, gen.sg. utris (s.m.III), q.v., skin bag + formis,-e]; cf. lageniformis,-e (adj.B), ventricose-rostrate, ampullaceus,-a,-um (adj.A); see ventricose.

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