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▪ I. muriform, a.1 Bot.|ˈmjʊərɪfɔːm| [ad. mod.L. mūriformis, f. mūr-us wall + forma shape: see -form.] Epithet for cellular cells consisting of flattened cells so arranged as to resemble the courses of bricks or stones in a wall.
1832Lindley Introd. Bot. 63 Medullary rays..are composed of a muriform cellular tissue. 1871W. A. Leighton Lichen-Flora 346 Spores muriform, fuscous. Ibid. 349 Spores muriform, colourless. ▪ II. muriform, a.2 Med. rare—0. [a. F. mûriforme (in Littré), f. mûre mulberry: see -form.] Resembling a mulberry (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1891). ▪ III. ˈmuriform a.3 rare—0. [f. L. mūr-, mūs mouse + -iform.] ‘Mouse-like or murine in form; myomorphic’ (Cent. Dict. 1890). |