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

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

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 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 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

Here there are scorpioid cymes of pairs of flowers, each pair consisting of an older and a younger flower.

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