RENIFORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reniform mean? 

• RENIFORM (adjective)
  The adjective RENIFORM has 1 sense:

1. (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney

  Familiarity information: RENIFORM used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RENIFORM (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney

Synonyms:

kidney-shaped; reniform

Similar:

simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)

 Context examples 

A crucial finding was that neural connections link the reniform bodies to centers called mushroom bodies, iconic structures of arthropod brains that are required for olfactory learning and memory.

(How mantis shrimp make sense of the world, National Science Foundation)

A team of researchers examined the neuronal organization of mantis shrimp and discovered a region of their brain called the reniform body.

(How mantis shrimp make sense of the world, National Science Foundation)

Mantis shrimp seem to be able to process all the different channels of information with the participation of the reniform body.

(How mantis shrimp make sense of the world, National Science Foundation)

Nicholas Strausfeld of the University of Arizona teamed up with other researchers to better understand how the reniform bodies connect to other parts of the mantis shrimp brain.

(How mantis shrimp make sense of the world, National Science Foundation)

The fact that we were now able to demonstrate that the reniform body is also connected to the mushroom body and provides information to it suggests that olfactory processing may take place in the context of already established visual memories, said Strausfeld.

(How mantis shrimp make sense of the world, National Science Foundation)