Rachis of spikes narrow, filiform, terete or angular. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The fronds are filiform; the filaments much branched, and of a light purple color. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Spikes panicled, filiform, spikelets very minute one-or more-flowered, glumes awnless. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The stem is sometimes filiform, and they grow on stumps and sticks, dead wood, twigs and leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners] Reference
The inflorescence is a spike-like panicle, with very short filiform inarticulate branches and rachises. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Hydradephaga; - ous: applied to aquatic, predatory pentamerous beetles with filiform antennae: see adephagous. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
It also occurs in filiform, capillary, and arborescent shapes, as likewise in leaves or membranes, and rolled masses. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 7, 1891] Reference
Introduce the capillary tube into this barrel with the filiform extremity uppermost, and the square cut end projecting about 0.5 cm. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
The pistils of the plant are elongate, filiform, tubular. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The Style filiform, the length of the. corolla and permanent. From Wordnik.com. [Arbustrum Americanum = The American grove, or, An alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system : containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties; also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy] Reference
Corolla twice as long as the calyx, tube filiform, limb 5-lobed. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
Antennæ longer than the head and thorax, filiform, four-jointed. From Wordnik.com. [Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses] Reference
Erauthemum» Cor. 5-fid. tubo filiform.lacin. obovatis, pla - nis. From Wordnik.com. [Summa plantarum] Reference
Cauline leaves have narrower lobes and upper part of them are almost filiform. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
'In salt spray and filiform corrosion testing, metal surfaces protected by new. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Style filiform, long, inserted in a sort of canal formed by the upper lip of the corolla. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
As a rule they are linear, or if compound, are reduced to densely branching filiform threads. From Wordnik.com. [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference
Cor. campanuiata, plicata, viridi-flavefcens • Sem.filiform. truacata, apice tuberculata •. From Wordnik.com. [Summa plantarum] Reference
There are four different varieties of papillae: fungiform, filiform, foliate, and circumvallate. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
Cul-de-sacs extend into the filiform papillæ of the tongue and the villi of the small intestine. From Wordnik.com. [VIII. The Lymphatic System. 1. Introduction] Reference
The filiform papillae are generally long and pointed and are found over the entire surface of the tongue. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
A filiform, tortuous shadow of the bismuth may be continued downwards and show up the lumen of the stricture. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Verruca, or wart, is a hard or soft, rounded, flat, acuminated or filiform, circumscribed epidermal and papillary growth. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference
Posteriorly these appendages are drawn out into long filiform setæ, the number varying in different individuals from three to nine or ten. From Wordnik.com. [Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901] Reference
He says: — “The branches are very numerous, and bear long filiform leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
F, filiform papillæ. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Style filiform and eccentric. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
Ovary many-ovuled with filiform style. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
Style filiform, same length as the stamens. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
The Style filiform and the length of the flower. From Wordnik.com. [Arbustrum Americanum = The American grove, or, An alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system : containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties; also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy] Reference
CauK herbac. filiform» articulati, laeves» FoI«. From Wordnik.com. [Summa plantarum] Reference
Leaves are filiform. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
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