baculiform

American

[buh-kyoo-luh-fawrm, bak-yuh-] / bəˈkyu ləˌfɔrm, ˈbæk yə- /

adjective

Biology.

having the shape of a rod; rod-shaped.

baculiform British

/ ˈbækjuː-, bəˈkjuːlɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

biology shaped like a rod

baculiform fungal spores

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Etymology

Origin of baculiform

< Latin bacul ( um ) walking stick, staff + -i- + -form

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According to both St. Bonaventura and Tomás de Celano, St. Francis of Assisi’s manual stigmata included baculiform masses of what presented as hardened black flesh extrudent from both volar planes.

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