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 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 analogous scorpioid cyme, with alternate leaves or bracts.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
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 Gray, Asa
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
Nutlets erect and straight, unarmed, attached to the axis either at inner edge of base or ventrally from the base upward.—Ours are very hispid annuals or biennials, with small white flowers in 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 Gray, Asa
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