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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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 M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
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
Tortulose-us: hump-backed; a surface with a few large elevations: beaded; moniliform.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
In the order Antennariei, the threads are black and moniliform, more or less felted, bearing irregular sporangia.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
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