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adj
Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Synonyms: kidney-shaped
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).
Of a leaf: kidney-shaped, with the petiole attached at the notch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
(of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: kidney-shaped
Antonyms: none provided
History
Learned borrowing from Latin rēnis (the genitive singular of rēn (“kidney”); see further at that entry) + English -form (suffix meaning ‘having the form or shape of’), modelled after New Latin rēnifōrmis (“of seeds: kidney-shaped”).
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
