ficoidal, a. and n.
(fɪˈkɔɪdəl)
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
A. adj.
1. Related to or resembling the genus Ficus.
| 1884 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |
2. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, the family Ficoideæ or Mesembriaceæ. ficoidal alliance, a name given by Lindley to a group containing the Mesembriaceæ and three other families.
| 1846 Lindley Veg. Kingd. 523 The Ficoidal Alliance. Ibid. 525 Ficoidal Exogens. |
B. n. A plant belonging to the ficoidal alliance.
| 1846 Lindley Veg. Kingd. 525 They are to Ficoidals..the princes of their race. |