Corniculate, an

Anglicisation Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...

of the Latin

diminutive A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle s ...

s corniculata, corniculatum, and corniculatus, describes an object possessing hornlike extensions. The root is Latin '' cornu'' = "horn". The term is used to describe the shape of the corniculate cartilages of the

larynx The larynx (), commonly called the voice box, is an organ (anatomy), organ in the top of the neck involved in breathing, producing sound and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. The opening of larynx into pharynx known as the laryngeal ...

. The horned puffin (''Fratercula corniculata'') is named for its distinctive horn-like coloration. Likewise '' Oxalis corniculata'' (creeping woodsorrel) is named for its two erect capsules, which resemble little horns, and the bird's-foot trefoil '' Lotus corniculatus'' and goat's horn mangrove ''

Aegiceras corniculatum ''Aegiceras corniculatum'', commonly known as black mangrove, river mangrove, goat's horn mangrove, or khalsi, is a species of shrub or tree mangrove in the primrose family (biology), family, Primulaceae, with a distribution in coastal and estua ...

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are named for their horn-shaped fruits.

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