(of a composite flower such as the tansy) consisting of disc florets only
noun
3.
a disclike object
Examples of 'discoidal' in a sentence
discoidal
These pieces are non-standardized knapping products produced by discoidal and orthogonal core technologies.
M Gema Chacón, Florent Détroit, Aude Coudenneau, Marie-Hélène Moncel 2016, 'Morphometric Assessment of Convergent Tool Technology and Function during the EarlyMiddle Palaeolithic: The Case of Payre, France.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4871435?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cu¹ emerges from the back angle of the discoidal cavity.
Antônio Henrique Garcia 2007, 'MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF Azochis gripusalis WALKER, 1859 (PYRAUSTIDAE - LEPIDOPTERA)ASPECTOS MORFOLÓGICOS DA Azochis gripusalis Walker, 1859 (PYRAUSTIDAE - LEPIDOPTERA)',Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropicalhttp://www.revistas.ufg.br/index.php/pat/article/view/2298. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A change in shape of plastids from spherical proplastids to discoidal accompanied their growth during stages 2.50 and 5.00.
Roman Maksymowych, Norman Dollahon, Russell J. Williams, Joseph A.J. Orkiszewski 2014, 'Chloroplast division during leaf development of Xanthium pensylvanicum Wallr. (Compositae)',Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/744. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The discoidal nectary gland observed from above had a pentagonal shape, 181.5 µm height and 299.4 µm diameter.
Aneta Sulborska, Elżbieta Weryszko-Chmielewska 2012, 'Morphology, anatomy and ultrastructure of yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.) floralnectaries', Acta Agrobotanicahttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/1785. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Narrowly discoidal to discoidal morphotypes are dominant in the population whereas lenticular ones are rare and sporadic.
DEMIR ALTINER, RICARDO SAVINI, SEVINÇ ÖZKAN-ALTINER 2003, 'MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN HEMIGORDIUS HARLTONI CUSHMAN & WATERS, 1928:REMARKS ON THE TAXONOMY OF CARBONIFEROUSAND PERMIAN HEMIGORDIOPSIDS', Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafiahttps://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/5502. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)