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scalariform, a. Bot., etc.|skəˈlærɪfɔːm|
[ad. mod.L. scālāriform-is, f. L. scālāris scalar, scalary: see -form.]
Of the form of, or resembling, a ladder; characterized by ladder-like formation, as cells or vessels of plants having the walls thickened so that they form transverse ridges.
1836Buckland Geol. & Min. xviii. §iii. I. 499 note, The presence of spiral, or scalariform vessels. 1848Lindley Introd. Bot. I. 87 The pits extend into horizontal fissures resembling what are called Scalariform vessels. 1850Dana Geol. App. i. 727 Spire scalariform. 1885G. L. Goodale Physiol. Bot. 30 When this kind of marking [in a cell-wall] becomes linear, or nearly so, it is termed scalariform. |