Cymbiform

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cymbiform \Cym"bi*form\ (s?m"b?-f?rm),, a. [L. cymba boat (Gr.
     ????) + -form: cf. F. cymbiforme.]
     Shaped like a boat; (Bot.) elongated and having the upper
     surface decidedly concave, as the glumes of many grasses.
     [1913 Webster]