Thread-like
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Alternative form of threadlike. alt-of, alternative
"The Erysipheae are typical epiphytes, which weave a mycelium over the surface of plants they attack; the mycelium retains its hold by adhesion-discs or appressoria, and from certain parts of these a fine thread-like process is given off, which, after piercing the epidermal wall of the host, swells inside to a simple or branched sac, the haustorium."
Example
More examples"IGM is a network or web of thread-like formations of diffuse gases left over from the Big Bang that links all the galaxies in the universe together."
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