anthoids

Noun

anthoid (plural anthoids)

1. A flower or, more commonly, a floret that has the simplest, most basic type of structure.
   • The functional reproductive units are either rather simple anthoids (as found in e.g., all or nearly all monocotyledons, and in amentiferous and most of the other monochlamydeous forms) or more intricately organised holanthocormoids (almost always, if not exclusively, zoophilous).1979, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Proceedings: Biological and medical sciences. Series C, page 350

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