clavate
English
adj
Definitions
- (biology) Resembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end.
Etymology
Derived from Latin clava (club, cudgel, mace).
Origin
Latin
clava
Gloss
club, cudgel, mace
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- obclavate English
- subclavate English
- clava Latin
- clavicornis Latin
- serviens ad clavam Latin
- *kelh₂- Proto-Indo-European