scorpioid

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: scor=pi=oid

CIDE DICTIONARY

scorpioid, a. [Gr. ; a scorpion + e'i^dos form.].

 Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

scorpioid, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 Zool. of, relating to, or resembling a scorpion; of the scorpion order.
2 Bot. (of an inflorescence) curled up at the end, and uncurling as the flowers develop.
--n. this type of inflorescence.

Etymology

Gk skorpioeides (as SCORPIO)