funiform

Resembling a rope or cord.

Adjective

  1. Resembling a rope or cord.
    • A series of small conical projections surround the edge, within which there is a double funiform elevation, similar to that in the diadem. - 1862, William Wilde, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities of Gold in the...
    • Plant with thick funiform or fusiform roots. - 2003, V. I. Grubov, Plants of Central Asia - Plant Collection from China and Mongolia, Vol. 7: Liliaceae to Orchidaceae, CRC Press, →ISBN:
    • Root reduced, with funiform, somewhat thickened secondary roots. - 2007 January 5, L. I. Malyschev, Flora of Siberia, volume 12, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 92:

Origin

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

Forms

more funiform most funiform