acetabuliform

acetabuliform
/as'i tab"yeuh leuh fawrm'/, adj. Bot., Mycol.
saucer-shaped, as the fruiting bodies of certain lichens.
[1825-35; < NL; see ACETABULUM, -I-, -FORM]

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