Clavate

Clavate [ Botany ]	Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
Synonym: Club-shaped, Clubbed, Club-like (Clublike), wedge-shaped.

Club-shaped. Elongated, narrowing toward the base and gradually thickened or expanded toward the apex.

1) Clavate 2) Obclavate

[from: Latin, clava = club, A stout heavy stick, usually thicker at one end, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel]

Used in botany to describe the shape of plants parts gradually becoming expanded at the distal end.
(usually referring to clavate stem or clavate fruit)

Compare with: Obclavate (inversely clavate)

A clavate fruit.

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