"Filiform" is a word in ENGLISH
Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the
filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See
Illust. of AntennAe.
Emotion often outwits intelligence, while intuition renders life surprisingly fluent and enjoyable. ("Le ciel c'est l'autre")
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The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast.
Read the complete definitionHaving the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink; …
Read the complete definitionHaving the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a …
Read the complete definitionA prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner.
Read the complete definitionLong and filiform, and almost naked, or having only leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a sarmentose …
Read the complete definitionThat which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize.
Read the complete definitionAn annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder.
Read the complete definitionA small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in Southern Europe.
Read the complete definitionHaving the form of a thread; filiform.
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