hordeiform

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adjective

Resembling the shape of barley grains.

OriginLatin hordeum →
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Meanings

adjectivehordeiform (comparative more hordeiform, superlative most hordeiform)

comparative more hordeiform · superlative most hordeiform

  1. rareResembling the shape of barley grains.

    These hordeiform appendices are sometimes, it is true, of considerable length; but in what manner are they susceptible of luxation?

    1829 June, The Monthly Journal of Foreign Medicine, volume III, Philadelphia, P.A.: E. Littell & Brother, page 440, column 1

Origin

  1. Latinhordeum“barley”
  2. Englishhordeiform

From Latin hordeum (“barley”) + -iform.

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

Chicago

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