Having the shape or form of a crest or ridge; resembling a crest in structure or appearance.
From Latin 'crista' (crest) plus '-form' (meaning shape or form). This combines two elements to describe anything shaped like a crest.
Cristiform structures appear everywhere in nature and design—from the cristiform papillae on your tongue that help you taste, to the cristiform details in Gothic architecture.
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