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 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)
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
Necklace-shaped, looking like a string of beads; see moniliform.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
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)
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