filiciform

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adjective

Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.

OriginLatin filix →
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Meanings

adjectivefiliciform (comparative more filiciform, superlative most filiciform)

comparative more filiciform · superlative most filiciform

  1. Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.

    Filiciform leaves

    1822, William Daniel Conybeare, William Phillips, Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales

Origin

  1. Latin-icis
  2. Latinfilix“fern”
  3. Englishfiliciform

From Latin filix (“fern”) + Latin -icis + English -form. Compare French filiciforme.

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APA

filiciform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filiciform

MLA

“filiciform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filiciform. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filiciform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filiciform.

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