A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

corniformis,-e (adj.B); corniform, horn-shaped (a curved cone): corniformis,-e (adj.B) [> L. cornu, horn + formis,-e (adj.B), shape];

NOTE: an animal’s horn is a (curved) cone with the broadest end down. Trumpet-shaped is more funnel-shaped, with the widest end distal, and the narrowest proximal to the base of a structure. A cornucopia-shape is a horn shape that appears to lay on or be attached by its side.

- abeuntque deinde in fructum seu capsulam corniformem (Tourn.), and finally they transform into a horn-shaped fruit or capsule.

- flores in eodem spadice (juniore corniformi) ìnfrafoliaceo monoici (B&H), the flowers in each infrafoliaceous spadix (the younger cone- [horn-shaped, monoicous.

- valvis apice in mucronem corniformem productis (B&H), with the valves at the apex extended into a horn-shaped mucro.

- [Asclepiadeae] coronae interioris squamae 5, incurvo-erectae, elongato-corniformes (B&H), the scales of the inner corona 5, incurved-erect, elongate-horn-shaped.

- siliqua valvis apice in mucronem corniformem productis (B&H), silique with the valves at the apex prolonged into a horn-shaped mucro [i.e. a short, hard, abrupt apical point].

(Fungus) Gymnosporangium corniforme.