soleiform

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English[edit]

Slippers

Etymology[edit]

From Latin solea (“sandal”) + -i- +‎ -form.[1]

Adjective[edit]

soleiform (comparative more soleiform, superlative most soleiform)

  1. (biology) Slipper-shaped; calceolate.
    • 2000, Jane Fröhlich, Kevin D. Hyde, Palm Microfungi, Hong Kong: Fungal Diversity Press, page 85:
      Their ascospores are ellipsoid or soleiform, 1- or rarely 3-septate, usually have a larger upper cell, are mainly olivaceous brown, have rounded or somewhat attenuated apices and a verruculose wall surrounded by a thin gelatinous sheath (Hawksworth, 1985).

References[edit]

  1. ^ “soleiform”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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