scalariform
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of scalariform
From the New Latin word scālāriformis, dating back to 1830–40. See scalar, -form
Example Sentences
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In their internal structure, Stigmaria exhibits a central pith surrounded by a sheath of scalariform vessels, the whole enclosed in a cellular envelope.
From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne
Rows of these tubercles are arranged spirally round each root, which have always a medullary axis and woody system much resembling that of Sigillaria, the structure of the vessels being, like it, scalariform.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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