a. [f. AMPULLA + -FORM.] Flask-shaped, bulging, dilated.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 51. Siléne conica.… Calyx 1/2 in., ampulliform.
1880. Günther, Fishes, 117. The ampulliform ends of the semi-circular canals.
1881. Baker, in Jrnl. Lin. S., XVIII. 273. Capsule ampullæform, glabrous.
