FILIFORM

filamentous, filiform, filamentlike, threadlike, thready

(adjective) thin in diameter; resembling a thread

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

filiform (comparative more filiform, superlative most filiform)

Shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.

Having all component parts or segments cylindrical and more or less uniform in size.

Source: Wiktionary


Fil"i*form, a. Etym: [L. filum thread + -form: cf. F. filiforme.]

Definition: Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillæ of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennÆ.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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