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

It was white and very short, and apparently consisted entirely of spores arranged in a moniliform manner, like the fertile filaments of a stemless Penicillium.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

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 Gray, Asa

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)

He has never seen them adhere in moniliform chains nor massed as zoogl�a.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Necklace-shaped, looking like a string of beads; see moniliform.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa