Consisting of filaments
1Glossary of botanical terms — Many of the terms used in Wikipedia glossaries (often most) are already defined and explained within Wikipedia itself. However, lists like the following indicate where new articles need to be written and are also useful for looking up and… …
2horsehair lichen — noun any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair • Syn: ↑horsetail lichen • Hypernyms: ↑lichen • Member Holonyms: ↑Alectoria, ↑genus Alectoria * * * noun …
3filamentous — a. 1. Filiform, thread shaped, fibrillous. 2. Consisting of filaments, fibrous …
4horsetail lichen — noun any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair • Syn: ↑horsehair lichen • Hypernyms: ↑lichen • Member Holonyms: ↑Alectoria, ↑genus Alectoria * * * noun …
5filamentary — |filə|mentərē, n.trē, ri adjective : having the characteristics of a filament : formed by or consisting of filaments filamentary crystals a filamentary structure …
6polytene — Consisting of many filaments of chromatin as the result of repeated division of chromonema without separation of filaments. * * * poly·tene päl i .tēn adj relating to, being, or having chromosomes each of which consists of many strands with the… …
7cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… …
8protein — proteinaceous /proh tee nay sheuhs, tee i nay /, proteinic, proteinous, adj. /proh teen, tee in/, n. 1. Biochem. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the… …
9fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… …
10muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …
