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styliform

American  
[stahy-luh-fawrm] / ˈstaɪ ləˌfɔrm /

adjective

  1. having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.

styliform British  
/ ˈstaɪlɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

  1. zoology shaped like a stylus or bristle

    a styliform antenna
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Etymology

Origin of styliform

1570–80; < New Latin stiliformis, equivalent to Latin stil ( us ) stylus + -i- + -formis -form

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As there is no styliform production in Anthoceros, so there is none in ferns. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

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