Definition of Cymoid

1. a. Having the form of a cyme.

Definition of Cymoid

1. Adjective. (architecture) Resembling a (cyma). ¹

2. Adjective. (botany) Having the form of a (cyme). ¹

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Definition of Cymoid

1. resembling a cyma [adj] - See also: cyma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cymoid

cymene
cymenes
cymenol
cymenols
cymes
cymidine
cymiferous
cymlin
cymling
cymlings
cymlins
cymogene
cymogenes
cymograph
cymographs
cymoid (current term)
cymol
cymolite
cymols
cymophane
cymophanes
cymophanous
cymoscope
cymose
cymosely
cymotrichous
cymotrichy
cymous
cymrite
cymrites

Literary usage of Cymoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"The swift was clinging to the cymoid head of the elder eating the fruit. The ease with which the bird took ..."

2. American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge edited by Jared Sparks, Francis Bowen, George Partridge Sanger (1831)
"... of the cirrostratus is one which consists of small rows of little clouds, curved in a peculiar manner; it is from this curvature called cymoid. fig. 5. ..."

3. Masterpieces of Murder: An Edmund Pearson True Crime Reader by Edmund Lester Pearson, Gerald Gross (1876)
"In the form of rows of small clouds curved in a peculiar manner, it is called the cymoid cirro—stratus, and is a sun indication of a storm. ..."

4. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"cirro-cumulus, 711, 1 b ; cirro-stratus, ib. ; cymoid cirro-stratus, 1 be ; cumulo-stratus, 1 c ; nimbus, 2 a (ill.). Nomenclature of Poey, 712, 1 a. ..."

5. Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena by Thomas Forster (1815)
"The curious cymoid feature, which so often precedes storms, is not merely alternate bars, but the bars are curiously curv ed; a circumstance still more ..."

6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"In the form of rows of little clouds curved in a peculiar manner, it is called the cymoid cirro-stratus, and is regarded as a sure indication of approaching ..."

7. The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year (1831)
"... variety of the cirrostratus is one which consists of smalt rows of little clouds, curved in a peculiar manner; it is from this curvature called cymoid. ..."

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