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
- : 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.
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