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campanulate

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cam·pan·u·late  (km-pny-lt, -lt)
adj. Botany
Shaped like a bell, as certain flowers are.
campanulate [kæmˈpænjʊlɪt -ˌleɪt]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell
[from New Latin campanulātus; see campanula]
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Adj.1.campanulate - shaped like a bell or campana; "campanulate flowers of the genus Campanula"
campanular, campanulated
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