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rectiflexible

rectiflexible adjective: being straight spore chains consisting of rod-shaped spores.

Adjective

rectiflexible (not comparable)

  1. Being straight spore chains consisting of rod-shaped spores.
    • Three of the isolates produced chalky white aerial mycelium with straight to flexuous (rectiflexible) spore chains.1992, The Journal of Communicable Diseases, page 39
    • The FK-506-producing strain is characterized by a gray mycelium color, rectiflexible spore chains with smooth spore surfaces, nonchromogenicity, and a limited carbohydrate usage.1993, Vassil St Georgiev, Hideyo Yamaguchi, Immunomodulating Drugs, volume 685, page 14

Origin of rectiflexible

From recti- + flexible.

Questions about rectiflexible

What does rectiflexible mean?
Rectiflexible means being straight spore chains consisting of rod-shaped spores.
What part of speech is rectiflexible?
Rectiflexible is an adjective.

Words near rectiflexible in the dictionary

  1. rectified spirit
  2. rectified spirits
  3. rectifier
  4. rectifiers
  5. rectifies
  6. rectiflexible
  7. rectiformer
  8. rectiformers
  9. rectify
  10. rectifying
  11. rectigradation

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