hordeiform

English

Etymology

From Latin hordeum (“barley”) + -i- +‎ -form.

Adjective

hordeiform (comparative more hordeiform, superlative most hordeiform)

1. (rare) Resembling the shape of barley grains.
   • 1829 June, The Monthly Journal of Foreign Medicine, volume III, Philadelphia, P.A.: E. Littell & Brother, page 440, column 1:

     These hordeiform appendices are sometimes, it is true, of considerable length; but in what manner are they susceptible of luxation?