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

In the Penicillium, the spores are naked, and in moniliform threads; whilst in Mucor the spores are enclosed within globose membraneous heads or sporangia.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

Tortulose-us: hump-backed; a surface with a few large elevations: beaded; moniliform.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

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

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)

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