campanulate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin campānulātus, from campānula (“litte bell”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

campanulate (comparative more campanulate, superlative most campanulate)

1. Shaped like a bell.

Synonyms

• bell-shaped

Derived terms

• subcampanulate

References

• “campanulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Adjective

campanulate

1. feminine plural of campanulato