scorpioid

Related to scorpioid: scorpioid cyme

scor·pi·oid

S0156600 (skôr′pē-oid′)adj.1. Of, relating to, or resembling a scorpion.2. Botany Having a zig-zag shape as a result of buds being produced alternately on opposite sides of the peduncle: a scorpioid cyme.
[Greek skorpioeidēs, scorpionlike : skorpios, scorpion + -oeidēs, -oid.]

scorpioid

(ˈskɔːpɪˌɔɪd) adj1. (Zoology) of, relating to, or resembling scorpions or the order (Scorpionida) to which they belong2. (Botany) botany (esp of a cymose inflorescence) having the main stem coiled during development