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soleiform

soleiform adjective: slipper-shaped; calceolate.

soleiform: slipper-shaped; calceolate
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Adjective

soleiform (comparative more soleiform, superlative most soleiform)

  1. Slipper-shaped; calceolate.
    • Their ascospores are ellipsoid or soleiform, 1- or rarely 3-septate, usually have a larger upper cell, are mainly olivaceous brown, have rounded or somewhat attenuated apices and a verruculose wall surrounded by a thin gelatinous sheath (Hawksworth, 1985).2000, Jane Fröhlich, Kevin D. Hyde, Palm Microfungi, Hong Kong: Fungal Diversity Press, page 85

Forms of soleiform

comparativemore soleiform
superlativemost soleiform

Origin of soleiform

From Latin solea (“sandal”) + -iform.

Questions about soleiform

What does soleiform mean?
Soleiform means slipper-shaped; calceolate.
What part of speech is soleiform?
Soleiform is an adjective.

Words near soleiform in the dictionary

  1. Soledad
  2. Soledar
  3. solei
  4. soleid
  5. soleids
  6. soleiform
  7. soleil
  8. Soleimani
  9. Soleimanis
  10. soleless
  11. solely

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