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corticiform

corticiform adjective: resembling, or having the form of, bark, rind, or a cortex.

Adjective

corticiform (comparative more corticiform, superlative most corticiform)

  1. Resembling, or having the form of, bark, rind, or a cortex.
    • the corticiform layer of a thallus

Forms of corticiform

comparativemore corticiform
superlativemost corticiform

Origin of corticiform

From Latin cortex, corticis (“bark”) + -form. Compare French corticiforme.

Questions about corticiform

What does corticiform mean?
Corticiform means resembling, or having the form of, bark, rind, or a cortex.
What part of speech is corticiform?
Corticiform is an adjective.

Words near corticiform in the dictionary

  1. corticectomy
  2. corticene
  3. cortices
  4. corticiaceous
  5. corticiferous
  6. corticiform
  7. corticifugal
  8. corticifugally
  9. corticine
  10. corticines
  11. corticioid

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