myrtiform, a. Anat.
(ˈmɜːtɪfɔːm)
[ad. mod.L. myrtiform-is, f. myrt-us myrt.]
Of the shape of a myrtle-berry; in myrtiform caruncle, myrtiform fossa.
| 1840 E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. (1842) 34 The myrtiform fossa is divided from the canine fossa by a perpendicular ridge. 1857 Bullock tr. Cazeaux' Midwifery 48 The myrtiform caruncles. |