funiform

comparative more funiform · superlative most funiform

1. especiallybiologyResembling a rope or cord.

   Plant with thick funiform or fusiform roots.

   2003, V. I. Grubov, Plants of Central Asia - Plant Collection from China and Mongolia, Vol. 7: Liliaceae to Orchidaceae, CRC Press, →ISBN

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   A series of small conical projections surround the edge, within which there is a double funiform elevation, similar to that in the diadem.

   1862, William Wilde, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities of Gold in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy, page 29

   Root reduced, with funiform, somewhat thickened secondary roots.

   2007 January 5, L. I. Malyschev, Flora of Siberia, volume 12, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 92