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discoid, a. and n.|ˈdɪskɔɪd|
[ad. L. discoīdēs, a. Gr. δισκοειδής quoit-shaped, f. δίσκος discus, quoit + -ειδης -form. In mod.F. discoïde.]
A. adj.
1. Of the form of a quoit or disc, disc-shaped; (more or less) flat and circular; in Conchol., used of spiral shells of which the whorls lie in one plane.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 101 Stigmas..discoid and 4-lobed. 1849Murchison Siluria ix. 197 Discoid and angular univalves. 1854Jones & Siev. Pathol. Anat. (1874) 7 The red corpuscles are round discoid bodies, with two concave surfaces.
2. Bot. Of composite flowers: Having or consisting of, a disc only, with no ray, as in Tansy.
1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. x. 102 Ray called them discoid flowers [Discoideæ]. 1857Henfrey Bot. §131 Some capitula are wholly discoid, such as those of Groundsel, of Thistles, etc. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 184 Flowers all tubular (head discoid).
B. n. A body resembling a disc in shape.
b. Conchol. See quot. 1846 and cf. A. 1.
1828Webster, Discoid, something in form of a discus or disk. 1846Worcester, Discoid (Conch.), a univalve shell of which the whorls are disposed vertically on the same plane so as to form a disk. |