scorpioid
Americanadjective
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resembling a scorpion.
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belonging or pertaining to the Scorpionida, the order of arachnids comprising the scorpions.
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curved at the end like the tail of a scorpion.
adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling scorpions or the order ( Scorpionida ) to which they belong
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botany (esp of a cymose inflorescence) having the main stem coiled during development
Etymology
Origin of scorpioid
Example Sentences
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The uniparous cyme presents two forms, the scorpioid or cicinal and the helicoid or bostrychoid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
Flowers.—Bright violet to blue; in clustered, scorpioid racemes.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
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
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
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
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