SCORPIOID

Etymology

Adjective

scorpioid (comparative more scorpioid, superlative most scorpioid)

Of, pertaining to, or appearing like a scorpion.

(botany) Resembling a scorpion's tail, as in a scorpioid cyme; circinate.

Source: Wiktionary


Scor"pi*oid, Scor`pi*oid"al, a. Etym: [Gr.

1. Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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