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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCALARIFORM

Sca *lar "i *form, a. Etym: [L. scalare, scalaria, staircase, ladder + -form: cf. F. scalariforme.]

1. 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.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Like or pertaining to a scalaria.

New American Oxford Dictionary

scalariform

sca lar i form |skəˈle (ə )rəˌfôrm skəˈlɛrəfɔrm | ▶adjective Botany (esp. of the walls of water-conducting cells ) having thickened bands arranged like the rungs of a ladder. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin scalaris ‘of a ladder ’ + -iform .

Oxford Dictionary

scalariform

scalariform |skəˈlarɪfɔːm | ▶adjective Botany (especially of the walls of water-conducting cells ) having thickened bands arranged like the rungs of a ladder. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin scalaris ‘of a ladder ’ + -iform .