SCALARIFORM


Meaning of SCALARIFORM in English

[ 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 .

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