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Discoid
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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. 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.