muriform

English

Etymology

From Latin murus (“a wall”) + -form.

Adjective

muriform (comparative more muriform, superlative most muriform)

1. (botany) Resembling a wall.

   a muriform variety of cellular tissue

   muriform spores

   muriform cells

Derived terms

• muriformly

References

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