a. Bot. [ad. mod.L. acētābuliformis saucer-shaped; see ACETABULUM, and -FORM.] Shaped like a saucer, or shallow cup, as the calyx or corolla of many flowers.
1835. Lindley, Introd. Bot., II. 352 (1848). Acetabuliform: concave, depressed, round, with a border a little turned inwards; as the fruit of some lichens.
1880. Gray, Bot. Text-Bk., 394.
