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teretiform

teretiform adjective: synonym of terete.

Adjective

teretiform (comparative more teretiform, superlative most teretiform)

  1. Synonym of terete.
    • Isidia numerous and dense to rather sparse, superficial (also marginal), concolorous with thallus or darker, squamiform (entire or a little incised) or some more teretiform, when young ± globular (often they grow out still remaining on thallus, forming small accessory lobules as in C. crispum, see...1972, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis: Symbolae botanicae Upsalienses
    • The phyllocladia are granulose, squamulose, yerrucose, Subfoliose or cylindrical teretiform in the different species, and are corticated, with photobiont stratum below cortex (Fig. 3.6). The teretiform phyllocladia have almost the same morphology as that of a branch of pseudopodetium.2000, Dharani Dhar Awasthi, A Hand Book Of Lichens, page 28
    Synonyms:
    terete

Synonyms of teretiform

Forms of teretiform

comparativemore teretiform
superlativemost teretiform

Questions about teretiform

What does teretiform mean?
Teretiform means synonym of terete.
What part of speech is teretiform?
Teretiform is an adjective.

Words near teretiform in the dictionary

  1. Teressa
  2. teret
  3. terete
  4. teretes
  5. teretial
  6. teretiform
  7. teretish
  8. teretous
  9. teretoxin
  10. teretoxins
  11. Tereus

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