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discoid definition

dis·coid (dis′ko̵id′)

adjective

  1. shaped like a disk
  2. Bot. lacking ray flowers and having only tubular florets, as the inner part of a composite flower head
Also discoidal dis·coi′·dal

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

noun

anything shaped like a disk

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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