scorpioid

[ skawr-pee-oid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

resembling a scorpion.
belonging or pertaining to the Scorpionida, the order of arachnids comprising the scorpions.
curved at the end like the tail of a scorpion.

scorpioid

/ ˈskɔːpɪˌɔɪd /

of, relating to, or resembling scorpions or the order ( Scorpionida ) to which they belong
botany (esp of a cymose inflorescence) having the main stem coiled during development

1830–40; < Latin scorpi ( ō ) scorpion + -oid

Leaves mostly entire and plants often rough-hispid; inflorescence commonly scorpioid.

Leaves often lobed or divided, and the inflorescence frequently scorpioid.

Here there are scorpioid cymes of pairs of flowers, each pair consisting of an older and a younger flower.

Diagram of a scorpioid cyme, with opposite leaves or bracts.

Scorpioid or Scorpioidal, curved or circinate at the end, 77.

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