moniliform
Americanadjective
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Botany, Zoology. consisting of or characterized by a series of beadlike swellings alternating with contractions, as certain roots or stems.
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resembling a string of beads in shape.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of moniliform
1795–1805; < Latin monīli- (stem of monīle necklace) + -form
Example Sentences
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Tortulose-us: hump-backed; a surface with a few large elevations: beaded; moniliform.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
They varied in length from a point to one-tenth of an inch; and when highly magnified, were found beautifully moniliform.
From The Ocean and its Wonders by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
The other name, moniliform, means a bead-like necklace; and this was given it because the threads that make the rosettes look like strings of small pearly-green beads.
From Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. by Frederick Leroy Sargent
Necklace-shaped, looking like a string of beads; see moniliform.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Pod elongated, several-seeded, continuous, or constricted between the seeds and moniliform.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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