Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scalariform"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scalariform \Sca*lar"i*form\, a. [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. (Zo["o]l.) Like or pertaining to a scalaria.
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