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paliform

paliform adjective: resembling a palus.

Adjective

paliform (comparative more paliform, superlative most paliform)

  1. Resembling a palus.
    • the paliform lobes of the septa in corals
    • paliform rods

Forms of paliform

comparativemore paliform
superlativemost paliform

Origin of paliform

From palus + -iform.

Questions about paliform

What does paliform mean?
Paliform means resembling a palus.
What part of speech is paliform?
Paliform is an adjective.

Words near paliform in the dictionary

  1. palicids
  2. Palid I
  3. Palid II
  4. palifermin
  5. palification
  6. paliform
  7. paligorskite
  8. paligorskites
  9. paligraphia
  10. Paligsahan
  11. paliguanid

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