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Clavate

Resembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end.

📖 Definitions of "Clavate"

adjective

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Resembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end.
"an organism with clavate antennae"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
claviformnoun	(palaeography) An image or symbol which is club-shaped, that is, larger at the tip than at the base.
clavarioidnoun	(mycology) Resembling the Clavaria, a genus of fungi.
clavicipitaceous	Relating to fungi of the family Clavicipitaceae
stem-clasping	(botany) Synonym of amplexicaul.
clavariaceous	(mycology, relational) Of or relating to the Clavariaceae.
subulate	(biology) Awl-shaped; tapering into a sharp point from a broader base.
clavicepitaceous	(mycology, relational) Of or relating to the Clavicepitaceae.
ligulatenoun	Shaped like a strap or long tongue
amplectant	clasping or embracing
acuminatenoun	Tapering to a point; pointed.
unguiculate	(zoology) Having nails or claws, as distinguished from hoofs.
dactyliform	(biology) Like a finger.
glochidiate	(botany) Having barbs
clathraceous	Relating to or characteristic of fungi of the family Clathraceae.
cladocarpous	(botany) Having fruit at the end of branches
capitatenoun	(anatomy) The capitate bone of the wrist.
accolénoun	A blow (typically with the flat of a sword, though historically sometimes with a fist, etc.) given in the ceremony conferring knighthood.
dactylose	(biology) Finger-like.
pachycladous	(botany) Having disproportionately thick stems.
uncinate	(anatomy) Hooked in form; possessing a hook.