[ skə'larɪfɔ:m ]
■ adjective Botany (especially of the walls of water-conducting cells) having thickened bands arranged like the rungs of a ladder.
Origin
C19: from L. scalaris 'of a ladder' + -iform .
[ skə'larɪfɔ:m ]
■ adjective Botany (especially of the walls of water-conducting cells) having thickened bands arranged like the rungs of a ladder.
Origin
C19: from L. scalaris 'of a ladder' + -iform .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004