subcampanulate

adjective

sub·​campanulate

"+

: somewhat ventricose at the base and usually slightly recurved at the margin : not quite bell-shaped

a mushroom with a subcampanulate pileus

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary sub- + campanulate

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