scorpioid

[ skawr-pee-oid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

resembling a scorpion.
belonging or pertaining to the Scorpionida, the order of arachnids comprising the scorpions.
curved at the end like the tail of a scorpion.

scorpioid

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adjective

of, relating to, or resembling scorpions or the order ( Scorpionida ) to which they belong
botany (esp of a cymose inflorescence) having the main stem coiled during development

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scorpioid¹

1830–40; < Latin scorpi ( ō ) scorpion + -oid

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Leaves often lobed or divided, and the inflorescence frequently scorpioid.

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Leaves mostly entire and plants often rough-hispid; inflorescence commonly scorpioid.

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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.

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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.

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Scorpioid, incurved like the tail of a scorpion; said of an inflorescence.

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Scorpio scorpion

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