scalpelliform

scalpellˈiform adjective

Shaped like a scalpel

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Main Entry: ↑scalp

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scalˈpelliform, a. Bot.

[ad. mod.L. scalpelliformis: see prec. and -form.]

‘Having the form of a common penknife-blade, but planted vertically on a branch’ (Treas. Bot. 1866).