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reniform
[ren-uh-fawrm, ree-nuh-]
adjective
kidney-shaped.
a reniform leaf; hematite in reniform masses.
reniform
/ ˈɛɪˌɔː /
adjective
having the shape or profile of a kidney
a reniform leaf
a reniform mass of haematite
reniform
Shaped like a kidney. Used to describe certain minerals and certain leaves.
Other 51Թ Forms
- subreniform adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Indusium reniform, or orbicular with a narrow sinus.
The reniform masses are known as kidney ore.
Native arsenic is usually found as granular or curvilaminar masses, with a reniform or botryoidal surface.
It lies beyond the orbicular spot, and is usually somewhat kidney-shaped, and is consequently named the reniform.
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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