Latin word for Comma-shaped

[Thomas Lammers]

At 02:47 PM 7/3/00 +1000, you wrote:

>Is there a latin term for a solid object, in this case a seed, which is
>comma-shaped, i.e. with a more or less rounded head curving into a pointed
>tail?

How about ...  [from Stearn's Botanical Latin]

turbinate (top-shaped) -- inversely conical, with a contraction towards the
point;
pyriform (pear-shaped) -- similar to last but more elongate
lachrymiform (teardrop-shaped)  -- like pyriform, but the sides of the
inverted cone are not contracted.

I guess these are more symmetrical than a comma; perhaps "obliquely
lachrymiform"??
Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

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Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and
biogeography of the Campanulaceae s. lat.
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