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discoid

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(dis′ko̵id′)

adjective

shaped like a disk
Bot. lacking ray flowers and having only tubular florets, as the inner part of a composite flower head

Origin: LL discoides < Gr diskoeidēs, disk-shaped < diskos, a disk + -eides, -oid

noun

anything shaped like a disk

See discoid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Having a flat, circular form; disk-shaped.
Related to or having a disk.
Botany Having disk flowers only. Used of a composite flower head.

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disˈcoidˌ noun

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