First Known Use: 1794
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discoid
adjective dis·coid \ˈdis-ˌkȯid\
Definition of DISCOID
1
: relating to or having a disk: as a : situated in the floral disk <discoid florets> b : having only disk flowers <a discoid flower head>
2
: flat and circular like a disc
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Origin of DISCOID
Late Latin discoides quoit-shaped, from Greek diskoeidēs, from diskos disk
Rhymes with DISCOID
android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid
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