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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having a flat circular shape;
[syn: discoid, discoidal, disklike, disclike, disk-shaped, disc-shaped]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Discoid \Dis"coid\, n. Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Discoid \Dis"coid\, a. [Gr. ? quoit-shaped, ? a round plate, quoit + e'i^dos form, shape: cf. F. disco["i]de. See Disk.] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

discoid adj 1: having a flat circular shape [syn: discoid, discoidal, disklike, disclike, disk-shaped, disc-shaped]