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a. [ Calyptra + -form. ] Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. culter, cultri, knife + -form. ] (Bot. & Zool.) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Elytrum + -form. ] (Zoöl.) Having the form, or structure, of an elytron. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Miter + -form: cf. F. mitriforme. ] Having the form of a miter, or a peaked cap;
a. [ L. rostrum a beak + -form: cf. F. rostrifarme. ] Having the form of a beak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. tri- + foliolate. ] (Bot.) Having three leaflets. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., clover. ] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clover. See Clover. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. trifolium. See Trifoliate, Trefoil. ] (Bot.) Sweet trefoil. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
She was crowned with a chaplet of trifoly. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ LL., fr. L. tri- (see Tri-) + foris, pl. fores, a door. ] (Arch.) The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory windows. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. triformis; tri- (see Tri-) + forma form. ] Having a triple form or character. “This triform antagonism.” I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Goddess Triform, I own thy triple spell. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. triformitas. ] The state of being triform, or of having a threefold shape. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. vitrum glass + -form. ] Having the form or appearance of glass; resembling glass; glasslike. [ 1913 Webster ]