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filiciform

filiciform adjective: shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.

Adjective

filiciform (comparative more filiciform, superlative most filiciform)

  1. Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.
    • Filiciform leaves1822, William Daniel Conybeare, William Phillips, Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales

Forms of filiciform

comparativemore filiciform
superlativemost filiciform

Origin of filiciform

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

Questions about filiciform

What does filiciform mean?
Filiciform means shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.
What part of speech is filiciform?
Filiciform is an adjective.

Words near filiciform in the dictionary

  1. filicic acid
  2. filicidal
  3. filicidally
  4. filicide
  5. filicides
  6. filiciform
  7. filicinean
  8. filicinin
  9. filicinoside
  10. filicoid
  11. filicoids

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