The Collaborative International Dictionary
                    Scalariform
                    
                        
                
                                                                    Scalariform \Sca*lar"i*form\, a. [L. scalare, scalaria, staircase, ladder + -form: cf. F. scalariforme.]
- Resembling a ladder in form or appearance; having transverse bars or markings like the rounds of a ladder; as, the scalariform cells and scalariform pits in some plants. 
- (Zo["o]l.) Like or pertaining to a scalaria. 
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                    scalariform
                    
                        
                
                                                                    a. Having the form of a ladder