querciform

adjective

1. Resembling an oak: in particular, resembling the (lobed) leaf of an oak.

   uncommon

   AGLAOMORPHIA, [...] Sori non-indusiate, rotundate, [...] Fronds coriaceous, dimorphous, the sterile sessile querciform, brown rigid; [...]

Where it comes from

Either formed in English from Latin quercus (“oak”) + -iform, parallel to taxonomic Latin querciformis, or formed in (taxonomic) Latin and borrowed into English.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry querciform (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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