Definition of Obconic

1. a. Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.

Definition of Obconic

1. Adjective. (botany) of a fruit, conical in shape and attached to the stalk by the pointed end. ¹

2. Adjective. Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Obconic

1. conical with the apex below [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obconic

oaty
oaves
ob-
oba
obambulate
obambulation
obambulations
obang
obangs
obas
obb
obbligati
obbligato
obbligatos
obcompressed
obconic (current term)
obconical
obcordate
obdeltoid
obdiplostemonous
obdiplostemony
obdormition
obdt
obduct
obducted
obducting
obduction
obducts
obduracies
obduracy

Literary usage of Obconic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"Flowers J in. ; standard crimson, keel and wings paler. Calyx tube short, obconic. Pod 1J-2 in., i in. , broad, stipitate, ..."

2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Leaves broad, obconic collum. Paraphyses of male (lowers filiform. Capsule oval or oblong with short collum. ..."

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