scorpioidal, a. Bot.
(skɔːpɪˈɔɪdəl)
[Formed as prec. + -al1.]
= scorpioid a. 1.
| 1835 J. S. Henslow Bot. i. iv. 85 If..one bud only is developed in the dichotomous cyme, and always on the same side of the axis, it assumes a peculiar character, termed ‘scorpioidal’. 1857 A. Gray First Less. Bot. (1866) Gloss., Scorpioid or Scorpioidal. |