salverform

salverform
salverform [sal′vərfôrm΄]
adj.
SALVER + -FORM
Bot. having a slender, tubular corolla with the lobes spreading at right angles to the tube, as in phlox: also salver-shaped

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sal·ver·form (sălʹvər-fôrm') adj.
Of or relating to a gamopetalous corolla having a slender tube and an abruptly expanded limb, as in phlox.

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