Medical Definition of Phalloid
1. Resembling in shape a penis. Synonym: phalliform. Origin: phallo-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phalloid
Literary usage of Phalloid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1910)
"Dr. WA Murrill exhibited and described a phalloid found by him near Cinchona,
... A description of this new phalloid was published in Mycologia for January. ..."
2. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society by Royal Society of South Africa (1878)
"... On Recently discovered phalloid Fungi of South Africa. be Morgan, C. Lloyd,
Notes on Animal Intelligence I Morgan, C. Lloyd, On the Alleged Suicide of ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"... marks over generic and specific names, — but unfortunately the popular rather
than the correct accentuation is occasionally given. A phalloid (probably ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1911)
"... of the phalloid fungus figured therein is a perfectly natural one, for this
marvelous growth ..."
5. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1902)
"In November of last year Mr. FH Silsbee of Lawrence wrote me a description of a
strange phalloid which had appeared in a flower pot that contained an ..."
6. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by Thomas Inman, John Newton (1884)
"65 ; and the tree with seven phalloid branches, so common on Assyrian and Babylonian
seals, Plate xvii., Fig. 4. See also the remarkable Syrian medals, ..."
7. Club Types of Nuclear Polynesia by William Churchill (1917)
"Regarded as the shaft of a stone head this phalloid stick is very significant,
for it is at once evident that if such a spherical and perforated disk as is ..."
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