cordiform

English

Etymology

From Latin cor (“heart”) +‎ -iform.

Adjective

cordiform (comparative more cordiform, superlative most cordiform)

  1. (chiefly botany, of a leaf) Heart-shaped.
    Synonym: cordate
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 176:
      The "Pawang" also inflicts death from a distance, by burning the cordiform top of a newly opened bunch of bananas on the tree.

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cordiforme.

Adjective

cordiform m or n (feminine singular cordiformă, masculine plural cordiformi, feminine and neuter plural cordiforme)

  1. cordate

Declension

Declension of cordiform
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite cordiform cordiformă cordiformi cordiforme
definite cordiformul cordiforma cordiformii cordiformele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite cordiform cordiforme cordiformi cordiforme
definite cordiformului cordiformei cordiformilor cordiformelor
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