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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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cymoid
1. resembling a cyma [adj] - See also: cyma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cymoid
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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