Definitions for: Discoid


[adj] having a flat circular shape



Webster (1913) Definition: Dis"coid, a. [Gr. ? quoit-shaped, ? a round plate,
quoit + ? 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.

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.


Dis"coid, n.
Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a
discoid shell.

Synonyms: circular, discoidal, disklike, round

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