a. [ad. mod.L. campānulātus, f. campānula; see -ATE2 2.] Bell-shaped. (Used chiefly in Botany & Zoology.)
1668. Wilkins, Real Char., 96. A flower of one intire leaf, whether Campanulate; such whose flowers have some resemblance to the figure of a Bell.
1794. Martyn, Rousseaus Bot., xvi. 185. Rather a funnel-shaped than a campanulate corolla.
1828. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., III. xxxv. 710. The pedicle is campanulate in many Vespidæ.
1842. Dana, Zooph., 686. Calicles tubular or campanulate.