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

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Example Sentences

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scorpioid

The dotted lines on the left indicate the place of the wanting branches, which if present would convert this scorpioid cyme into the complete one of Fig.

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

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 Asa Gray

Diagram of analogous scorpioid cyme, with alternate leaves or bracts.

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

Fruit 2-lobed, separating into two 2-celled 2-seeded carpels, with sometimes a pair of empty false cells; style very short; flowers in bractless scorpioid spikes.

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 Asa Gray

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 Asa Gray

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