filiform Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite thin in diameter; resembling a thread
    threadlike; thready; filamentous; filamentlike.

WordNet

Fil"i*form adjective
Etymology
L. filum thread + -form: cf. F. filiforme.
Definitions
  1. Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillæ of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennÆ.

Webster 1913