moniliform

American  

[moh-nil-uh-fawrm] / moʊˈnɪl əˌfɔrm /

adjective

1. Botany, Zoology. consisting of or characterized by a series of beadlike swellings alternating with contractions, as certain roots or stems.

2. resembling a string of beads in shape.

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moniliform British  

/ mɒˈnɪlɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. biology shaped like a string of beads

   moniliform fungi

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Other Word Forms

• moniliformly adverb

Etymology

Origin of moniliform

1795–1805; < Latin monīli- (stem of monīle necklace) + -form

Example Sentences

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 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

In the Penicillium, the spores are naked, and in moniliform threads; whilst in Mucor the spores are enclosed within globose membraneous heads or sporangia.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

In the order Antennariei, the threads are black and moniliform, more or less felted, bearing irregular sporangia.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

In Cystopus, the spores are sub-globose, or somewhat angular, generated in a moniliform manner, and afterwards separating at the joints.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

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 Sargent, Frederick Leroy