hyphae with swellings at regular intervals like a string of beads
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Like a string of beads; a term that describes the fruit of certain species of Prosopis.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a. (L. monile, necklace; forma, shape) constricted laterally and appearing beadlike.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            shaped like a cylindrical body which is constricted at regular intervals; resembling a string of pearls.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Repeatedly constricted laterally and appearing bead-like.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            cylindrical but constricted at regular intervals like a string of beads.