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reniform

/ren-uh-fawrm, ree-nuh-/US // ˈrɛn əˌfɔrm, ˈri nə- //UK // (ˈrɛnɪˌfɔːm) //

肾形,肾型,肾形体,肾形物

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : kidney-shaped: a reniform leaf; hematite in reniform masses.

Examples

  • The above species may be recognised by its reniform leaves (sagittate in the others), which are also fleshy.

  • It is a smaller plant than A. pedatum, and has deeply-sunken reniform involucres.

  • The varieties of serrated leaves, the glandless, and some having globose glands on the leaves, and others with reniform glands.

  • There are several varieties which assume globular, reniform, stalactitic, and fruticose shapes.

  • It is a reniform limestone, which occurs distributed in single nodules or rather lenticular cakes, in beds of clay.