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Definition of Gibbously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gibbously
Literary usage of Gibbously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flora of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1890)
"... tobe gibbously inflated in the middle, lobes 5 linear. DC. Prodr. ir. ...
tube more slender gibbously swollen in the middle ; lobes very narrow. ..."
2. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis: Containing Abridged by Robert Wight, George Arnott Walker Arnott (1834)
"Seed gibbously convex, flat in front. —Herbaceous. Stem furrowed, branched.
Leaves pinnated, segments cuneiform, cut. Umbels nearly sessile on axillary ..."
3. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"... and gibbously 2-saccate on the back. Perianth 6- (rarely 5-) parted ; segments
oblong-lanceolate, equal. . Stamens inserted at the baso of the segments, ..."
4. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"Lorica gibbously urceolate, strongly compressed in front, dilated posteriorly,
more especially on the dorsal aspect; ..."
5. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Fruit oval, somewhat laterally compressed. Carpels gibbously convex, marked with
3 striae.—General involucre none; partial one a few unequal ..."
6. A flora of western middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"... bracts of receptacle not joined into a cup, enclosing 3 flowers only ; achenes
all gibbously obovate, those of the rays 3 to 5.—Marin Co. ..."
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