"piliform" meaning in English

See piliform in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more piliform [comparative], most piliform [superlative]
Etymology: Latin pilus (“hair”) + -form Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|pilus||hair}} Latin pilus (“hair”), {{suffix|en||form}} + -form Head templates: {{en-adj}} piliform (comparative more piliform, superlative most piliform)
  1. Resembling hair.
    Sense id: en-piliform-en-adj-sYZUVqmL Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -form, English undefined derivations, Hair Disambiguation of Hair: 77 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Forms: more piliform [comparative], most piliform [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} piliform (comparative more piliform, superlative most piliform)
  1. Resembling a pileus or cap.
    Sense id: en-piliform-en-adj-d-3-2dzN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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