discoid

discoid
adjective Etymology: Late Latin discoides quoit-shaped, from Greek diskoeidēs, from diskos disk Date: 1794 1. relating to or having a disk: as a. situated in the floral disk <
discoid florets
>
b. having only disk flowers <
a discoid flower head
>
2. flat and circular like a disc

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