styliform

American

[stahy-luh-fawrm] / ˈstaɪ ləˌfɔrm /

adjective

having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.

styliform British

/ ˈstaɪlɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

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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Styliform: in the shape of a stylus: terminating in a long slender point, like the antenna in some Diptera.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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