alphitomorphous

\\al|fid.ə|mȯfəs, |alfə(ˌ)tō|-\ adjective

Etymology: probably from French alphitomorphe, from Greek alphiton barley meal + French -morphe -morphous

: resembling barley meal — used of certain parasitic fungi

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alphitomorphous, a.

(ˌælfɪtəʊˈmɔːfəs)

[f. Gr. ἄλϕιτον barley-meal + µορϕ-ή form + -ous.]

Having the appearance of barley-meal; ‘applied to pulverulent microscopic fungi, parasitical on plants.’ Syd. Soc. Lex. 1879.