filiciform

English

Etymology

From Latin filix (“fern”) + Latin -icis + English -form. Compare French filiciforme.

Adjective

filiciform (comparative more filiciform, superlative most filiciform)

1. Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.
   • 1822, William Daniel Conybeare, William Phillips, Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales:

     Filiciform leaves

References

• “filiciform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• filiformic