funiform

English

Etymology

From Latin funis (“rope, cord”) + -form. First attested in 1862.

Adjective

funiform (comparative more funiform, superlative most funiform)

1. (chiefly biology, especially botany) Resembling a rope or cord.
   • 1862, William Wilde, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities of Gold in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy, page 29:

     A series of small conical projections surround the edge, within which there is a double funiform elevation, similar to that in the diadem.

   • 2003, V. I. Grubov, Plants of Central Asia - Plant Collection from China and Mongolia, Vol. 7: Liliaceae to Orchidaceae, CRC Press, →ISBN:

     Plant with thick funiform or fusiform roots.

   • 2007 January 5, L. I. Malyschev, Flora of Siberia, volume 12, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 92:

     Root reduced, with funiform, somewhat thickened secondary roots.