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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCORPIOID; SCORPIOIDAL

Scor "pi *oid, Scor `pi *oid "al, a. Etym: [Gr.

1. Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail.

New American Oxford Dictionary

scorpioid

scor pi oid |ˈskôrpēˌoid ˈskɔrpiɔɪd | ▶adjective Zoology of, relating to, or resembling a scorpion. • Botany (of a flower cluster ) curled up at the end, and uncurling as the flowers develop. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek from skorpios ‘scorpion ’ + -oid .

Oxford Dictionary

scorpioid

scor ¦pi |oid |ˈskɔːpɪɔɪd | ▶adjective Zoology relating to or resembling a scorpion. • Botany (of a flower cluster ) curled up at the end, and uncurling as the flowers develop. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek skorpioeidēs, from skorpios ‘scorpion ’.