Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, having the form of a shallow cup or bowl.
  • Having the form of an acetabulum; sucker-shaped; cup-like; cotyloid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective botany Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.

Etymologies

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From modern Latin acetabuliformis, from acetabulum ("saucer") +‎ -form.

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