filiform

[ fil-uh-fawrm, fahy-luh- ]

/ ˈfɪl əˌfɔrm, ˈfaɪ lə- /

threadlike; filamentous.

Origin of filiform

1750–60; < Latin fīl(um) a thread + -i- + -form

The anthers are golden brown, and the stigmas are spherical instead of filiform.

The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits |Mary Elizabeth Parsons
In unisexual flowers it is not uncommon to find vestiges of the undeveloped stamens in the form of filiform bodies or scales.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 |Various
The tentacles are long and filiform and are constantly moving about as in the allied genus Planorbis.

Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 3 [March 1901] |Various
Usually the metal is arborescent, dendritic, filiform, moss-like or laminar.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 |Various

The filiform papill become elongated to several times their normal length, and feel and look like so many hairs on the tongue.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various

filiform

/ (ˈfɪlɪˌfɔːm, ˈfaɪ-) /

biology having the form of a thread

C18: from Latin fīlum thread

filiform

[ fĭl′ə-fôrm′, fī′lə- ]

Having the form of or resembling a thread or filament.