In botany|lang=en terms the difference between circinate and scorpioid
is that circinate is (botany) used of leaves or similar parts that are coiled on themselves from the apex toward their base while scorpioid is (botany) resembling a scorpion's tail, as in a scorpioid cyme; circinate.
As adjectives the difference between circinate and scorpioid
is that circinate is (botany) used of leaves or similar parts that are coiled on themselves from the apex toward their base while scorpioid is of, pertaining to, or appearing like a scorpion.
circinate
English
Adjective
(-)
(botany) Used of leaves or similar parts that are coiled on themselves from the apex toward their base.
(medicine) Round or ring-shaped, particularly with distinct margins forming some sort of motive; annular.
Usage notes
* Most often the term is used in botany with regard to the way a leaf is "packaged" inside a bud.
Derived terms
* circinate vernation
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scorpioid
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Of, pertaining to, or appearing like a scorpion.
(botany) Resembling a scorpion's tail, as in a scorpioid cyme; circinate.
