1. shaped like a club; having a thick rounded end and a narrower base
Usage: formal; chiefly botanical and zoological

Examples

• The claviform antennae of the insect were distinctly thickened at the tip.
• Botanists noted the claviform structure of the fungal spore.
• The claviform leaves gradually widened toward their outer ends.
• Under the microscope, the organism displayed a claviform appendage.
• The claviform shape of the club moss's reproductive structure was characteristic of the species.