marginiform, a.
(mɑːˈdʒɪnɪfɔːm)
[ad. mod.L. marginiform-is: see margin n. and -form.]
Resembling or forming a margin.
1856 Mayne Expos. Lex., Marginiformis... Applied by H. Cassini to the appendices of the periclinium of the Synanthereæ, when they resemble a border: marginiform. 1890 Century Dict. (citing Coues.) |