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carduoid

carduoid adjective: having a ring of sweeping hairs on the shaft below the style branches.

Adjective

carduoid (not comparable)

  1. having a ring of sweeping hairs on the shaft below the style branches
    Synonyms:
    cynaroid
  2. (rare, originally) of or pertaining to the genus Carduus or tribe Cardueae

Synonyms of carduoid

Origin of carduoid

From translingual Carduus + -oid.

Questions about carduoid

What does carduoid mean?
Carduoid means having a ring of sweeping hairs on the shaft below the style branches.
What part of speech is carduoid?
Carduoid is an adjective.

Words near carduoid in the dictionary

  1. Carduchi
  2. Carduchian
  3. carduelid
  4. carduelids
  5. cardueline
  6. carduoid
  7. Cardus
  8. cardware
  9. Cardwell
  10. Cardwellian
  11. cardy

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