Fabiform
/ˈfæbɪfɔːrm/noun
Shaped like a bean.
Did you know?The Latin root faba, meaning “bean,” also gave English scientific terms such as fava and fabaceous, preserving an ancient botanical label in modern taxonomy.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
faba
“Bean or broad bean”
Classical Latin
Latin
-formis
“Having the shape or form of”
Late Latin / New Latin
Latin
fabiformis
“Bean-shaped”
19th Century
English
fabiform
“Having the form of a bean; bean-shaped”
Modern English
English
fabiform
“Used chiefly in scientific and descriptive contexts for bean-shaped structures”