bostrychoidbostrychoidaladj.
/bɒstrɪˈkɔɪd//bɒstrɪˈkɔɪdəl/ Botany.
‘Having the form or character of a ringlet or bostryx.’ Gray Bot. Text-bk. 1880.
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1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 157 A Helicoid (bostrychoid) Dichotomy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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adj.1875- to turn to grass
- to turn to matches
- to turn to or into flight
- to turn to ridicule
- to turn to shit
- to turn to the worst
- to turn to water
- to turn toeside
- to turn topple-tail
- to turn toppletail
- to turn turk
- to turn turn off the water
- to turn turtle
- to turn up
- to turn up a person's heels
- to turn up missing
- to turn up one's heels
- to turn up one's nose
- to turn up one's nose at
- to turn up rough
- to turn up the eggs ie the whites of one's eyes
- to turn up the eggs of one's eyes
- to turn up the little finger
- to turn up the whites of one's eyes
- to turn up to eleven