"luciform" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more luciform [comparative], most luciform [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin lux, lucis (“light”) + -form. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|lux}} Latin lux, {{af|en|-form}} -form Head templates: {{en-adj}} luciform (comparative more luciform, superlative most luciform)
  1. Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light.
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