plex|i|form

plex|i|form
plex|i|form «PLEHK suh frm», adjective.
shaped like or resembling a plexus: »

Its papilla is covered with a plexiform mesh of dilated vessels (British Medical Journal).

[< Latin plexus braid + English -form]

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