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Ellipsoidal [ Botany  ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

Synonym: Prolate
     
  Definition  
   
 

 

Left: Shapes based on the sphere and ellipsoids, distinguished by the ratio of a:b.

  1. Globose or spherical
  2. Subglobose or prolate spheroidal
  3. Broadly ellipsoidal (sub-prolate) to ellipsoidal (prolate)
  4. Oval (per-prolate)
  5. Fusiform
     

 

 

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