scorpioid

American  

[skawr-pee-oid] / ˈskɔr piˌɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling a scorpion.

2. belonging or pertaining to the Scorpionida, the order of arachnids comprising the scorpions.

3. curved at the end like the tail of a scorpion.

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scorpioid British  

/ ˈskɔːpɪˌɔɪd /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling scorpions or the order ( Scorpionida ) to which they belong

2. botany (esp of a cymose inflorescence) having the main stem coiled during development

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Etymology

Origin of scorpioid

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

Example Sentences

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

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Flowers.—Bright violet to blue; in clustered, scorpioid racemes.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

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

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

The inflorescence in the family Boraginaceae are usually regarded as true scorpioid cymes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

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

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa