tuberculiform

adjective

tu·​ber·​cu·​li·​form

-yələˌfȯrm

: sufficiently short and blunt as to resemble a tubercle

a tuberculiform process on the head of an insect

Word History

Etymology

New Latin tuberculiformis, from tubercul- + Latin -iformis -iform

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

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