merismoid, a. Bot.
(məˈrɪzmɔɪd)
[f. mod.L. merisma (see prec.) + -oid.]
Of sporophores, esp. agarics: Having the cap branched or laciniate.
| 1857 Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. §393 Odontia makes way rapidly for Hydnum in all its varied forms, resupinate, apodous, lateral, merismoid, and mesopod. 1886 Stevenson Hymenomycetes Brit. II. 325 Merismoid,..resembling a Merisma—i.e. having a branched or laciniate pileus. |