Ensiform
81xiphoid — a. (Anat.) Ensiform, sword shaped, sword like …
82pointed — adj 1. barbed, peaked, cuspidate, cuspidal, Bot. apiculate, Bot., Zool. acuminate; needle shaped, aciform, acicular; toothed, dentiform, serrate, serrated; spiculate, thorny, spinous; craggy, jagged, angular; spear shaped, sword shaped, Biol.… …
83sword-shaped — adj swordlike, Biol. ensiform, Bot. ensate, Bot. gladiate, Anat., Zool. xiphoid …
84sternum — n.; pl. sterna the breastbone: a flat bone, 15–20 cm long, extending from the base of the neck to just below the diaphragm and forming the front part of the skeleton of the thorax. The sternum articulates with the collar bones (see clavicle) and… …
85xiphoid process — xiphoid cartilage the lowermost section of the breastbone (see sternum): a flat pointed cartilage that gradually ossifies until it is completely replaced by bone, a process not completed until after middle age. It does not articulate with any… …
86xiphoid — xiph•oid [[t]ˈzɪf ɔɪd[/t]] adj. anat. zool. Zool. sword shaped; ensiform • Etymology: 1740–50; < Gk xiphoeidḗs swordlike =xíph(os) sword + oeidēs oid …
87xiphoid — /ˈzɪfɔɪd/ (say zifoyd) Zoology, Anatomy –adjective 1. sword shaped; ensiform. –noun 2. → xiphisternum. {New Latin xiphoīdēs, from Greek xiphoeidēs sword like} …
88xiphoid — [zif′oid΄] adj. [Gr xiphoeides, sword shaped < xiphos, sword + eidēs, OID] Anat. Zool. shaped like a sword; ensiform n. XIPHISTERNUM: in full xiphoid process …
89Iridaceae — noun large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs • Syn: ↑family Iridaceae, ↑iris family • Derivationally related forms: ↑iridaceous • Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family …
90Japanese iris — noun iris native to Japan having large showy flowers • Syn: ↑Iris kaempferi • Hypernyms: ↑beardless iris * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized J : any of various beardless garden irises that are developed chiefly from two species (Iris laevigata… …
