Obclavate

Obclavate [ Botany ]	Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
Synonym: Inversely clavate, inversely Club-shaped, Inversely clubbed.

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

1) Clavate 2) Obclavate

[From Latin "ob-"meaning "in the opposite direction or reversed" + Clavate]

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

Compare with: Clavate

An obclavate fruit.

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