‖ scorpioides Obs.
Also 7 erron. scorpoides.
[mod.L. scorpioīdes, a. Gr. σκορπιοειδές, neut. of σκορπιοειδής: see scorpioid.]
Scorpion grass.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens i. xlii. 61 Scorpioides or Scorpions grasse..is a small, base or lowe herbe. 1669 Evelyn Kal. Hort., Apr. (ed. 3) 15 Sow divers Annuals to have Flowers all Summer; as..Scorpoides, Medica, Holyhock [etc.]. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Scorpioides, a kind of Pulse. |