a. Bot. and Zool. Also 9 incorrectly lachrymæform. [f. L. lacrim-a tear + -(I)FORM.] Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.
1866. Treas. Bot., 654/1. Lachrymæform, tear-shaped; the same as Pear-shaped, except that the sides of the inverted cone are not contracted.
