cymoid

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sīʹmoid, IPA(key): /ˈsaɪmɔɪd/ === Etymology 1 === From cyma +‎ -oid. ==== Alternative forms ==== cymatoid (rare) ==== Adjective ==== cymoid (comparative more cymoid, superlative most cymoid) (architecture) Resembling a cyma. ==== References ==== “Cymoid, a.” listed on page 1,303 of volume II (C) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1893]  Cyme (səi·moid), a. [f. Cyma + -oid.] Resembling a cyma. 1815 T. Forster Atmos. Phenom. 145 Before storms a feature of cirrostratus appears, of a cymoid figure, like some architectural ornaments. Ibid. 193 The curious cymoid feature..is not merely alternate bars, but the bars are curiously curved. 1846 in Worcester, and in later Dicts. “cymoid, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989] === Etymology 2 === From cyme +‎ -oid. ==== Adjective ==== cymoid (comparative more cymoid, superlative most cymoid) (botany) Having the form of a cyme. ==== References ==== “cymoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === mycoid