moniliform

[ moh-nil-uh-fawrm ]

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.

moniliform

/ mɒˈnɪlɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. biology shaped like a string of beads

   moniliform fungi

Other Words From

• mo·nili·formly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of moniliform¹

1795–1805; < Latin monīli- (stem of monīle necklace) + -form

Word History and Origins

Origin of moniliform¹

C19: from New Latin monīliformis, from Latin monīle necklace + forma shape

Example Sentences

Pod elongated, several-seeded, continuous, or constricted between the seeds and moniliform.

From Project Gutenberg

He has never seen them adhere in moniliform chains nor massed as zoogl�a.

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Moniliform, mō-nil′i-form, adj. like a string of beads.

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The other name, moniliform, means a bead-like necklace; and this was given it because the threads that make the rosettes look like strings of small pearly-green beads.

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To the naked eye it looks like green slime, and is called "frog's spawn;" but the microscope shows us that it is a lovely plant, and some wise man has given us a long fine name to call it by if we choose—Batrachospermum moniliform.

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