-form

a combining form meaning “having the form of”: cruciform.

Origin:
< Latin -fōrmis

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-form

—*adj combining form*
	having the shape or form of or resembling: cruciform; vermiform

[from New Latin -formis, from Latin, from fōrmaform]

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-form suff.
Having the form of: plexiform.

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