The Collaborative International Dictionary
Filiform \Fil"i*form\, a. [L. filum thread + -form: cf. F. filiforme.] Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papill[ae] of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of Antenn[AE].
Wiktionary
a. 1 Shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous. 2 Having all component parts or segments cylindrical and more or less uniform in size.
WordNet
adj. thin in diameter; resembling a thread [syn: filamentous, filamentlike, threadlike, thready]
Wikipedia
Filiform, thread or filament like, can refer to:
- Filiform, a common term used in botany to describe the shape of plant parts, such as leaf shape
- Filiform, or filiform catheter, a medical device whose component parts or segments are all cylindrical and more or less uniform in size
- Filiform papilla on the tongue
- Insect antennae shape
- Thread-like crystal formations
- A corrosion mechanism
Usage examples of "filiform".
BOUNCE back to medicine after the urology intern with his filiform probes and flexible followers had managed to produce a total body septicemia, requiring medical care.
The filiform papillae are generally long and pointed and are found over the entire surface of the tongue.
The stem is sometimes filiform, and they grow on stumps and sticks, dead wood, twigs and leaves.
These, together with the few flowers that linger, backed up, as they are, with a dense bed of foliage, interlaced with its numerous filiform stems, present this subject in its most interesting and, perhaps, its prettiest form.