lentiform, a.
(ˈlɛntɪfɔːm)
[f. L. lent-, lens lentil + -iform.]
Having the form of a lentil or of a lens.
1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lentiform Prominences. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 165 Seeds lentiform, pendulous. 1850 H. Miller Footpr. Creat. (1874) 337 The form of the eye-orbit..was lentiform in the Coccosteus. |