'Discoid' definitions:
Definition of 'discoid'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a flat circular shape [syn: discoid, discoidal, disklike, disclike, disk-shaped, disc-shaped]
Definition of 'Discoid'
From: GCIDE
- Discoid \Dis"coid\, a. [Gr. ? quoit-shaped, ? a round plate, quoit + e'i^dos form, shape: cf. F. disco["i]de. See Disk.] Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus. [1913 Webster]
- Discoid flower (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Discoid'
From: GCIDE
- Discoid \Dis"coid\, n. Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell. [1913 Webster]