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Filiform   Listen
adjective
filiform  adj.  Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of Antennae.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Filiform" Quotes from Famous Books



... Rhizomorpha. I do not believe, however, it is possible to keep Rhizomorpha separate from Xylaria. The type species Xylaria setosa is quite different from the normal type of Xylarias in having entirely carbonous, filiform stems and superficial perithecia, but both of these features merge into Xylaria through so many intermediate species that there is no drawing ...
— Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes - Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces • C. G. Lloyd



Words linked to "Filiform" :   threadlike, filamentlike, filamentous, thready, thin



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