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

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

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

Diagram of a scorpioid cyme, with opposite leaves or bracts.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools 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

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