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reniform

[ ren-uh-fawrm, ree-nuh- ]

adjective

  1. kidney-shaped:

    a reniform leaf; hematite in reniform masses.



reniform

/ ˈɛɪˌɔː /

adjective

  1. having the shape or profile of a kidney

    a reniform mass of haematite

    a reniform leaf

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

reniform

/ ĕə-ô′,ŧə- /

  1. Shaped like a kidney. Used to describe certain minerals and certain leaves.
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲ·i·ڴǰ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of reniform1

From the New Latin word ŧԾڴǰ, dating back to 1745–50. See reni-, -form
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Indusium reniform, or orbicular with a narrow sinus.

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The reniform masses are known as kidney ore.

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Native arsenic is usually found as granular or curvilaminar masses, with a reniform or botryoidal surface.

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It lies beyond the orbicular spot, and is usually somewhat kidney-shaped, and is consequently named the reniform.

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P. thin, flexible, reniform, cinnamon then pale, broken up into scurfy squamules; g. determinate, thin, reticulately joined, cinnamon; s. lateral, very short, dilated into the p.; sp.

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