pa·tel·li·form

(pə-tĕl′ə-fôrm′)

adj.

Shaped like a shallow pan or dish: the patelliform shell of the limpet.

[Latin patella, small plate, pan; see patella + -form.]

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Adj.

patelliform - shaped like a dish or pan

dished, dish-shaped

concave - curving inward

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On the leaves, also, various patelliform shells, Trochi, uncovered molluscs, and some bivalves are attached.

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Calyx gamosepalous, campanulate, tubular, spathaceous or urceolate, apex spatulate, bilabiate, truncate or 2-5-lobed, aestivation imbricate, with or without patelliform nectaries.

The family Bignoniaceae in the Environmental Protection Area Serra Branca, Raso da Catarina, Jeremoabo, Bahia, Brazil/A familia Bignoniaceae na APA Serra Branca, Raso da Catarina, Jeremoabo, Bahia, Brasil

Floral cup shape: hemisphaeric = 0; campanulate = 1; obconic = 2; patelliform = 3; urceolate = 4.

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