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Definition: FLABELLIFORM

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb flabelliformly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(flabelliformly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective flabelliform.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Flabelliform" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Flabelliform \Fla*bel"li*form\, adjective. [Latin expression flabellum fan -form: compare to the French expression flabeliforme.]. (references)

Definition: FLABELLIFORM

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb flabelliformly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(flabelliformly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective flabelliform.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FLABELLIFORM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Flabelliform \Fla*bel"li*form\, adjective. [Latin expression flabellum fan -form: compare to the French expression flabeliforme.]. (references)