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reniform

re·ni·form

UK/ˈɹɛnɪfɔːm/ US/ˈɹiː-/ uncommon

adjective

1.

of a leaf or bean shape resembling the shape of kidney

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin rēnis (the genitive singular of rēn (“kidney”); see further at that entry) + English -form (suffix meaning ‘having the form or shape of’), modelled after New Latin rēnifōrmis (“of seeds: kidney-shaped”).

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