English

Alternative forms

• cymatoid (rare)

Adjective

cymoid ‎(comparative more cymoid, superlative most cymoid)

1. (architecture) Resembling a cyma.

References

• “Cymoid, a.” listed on page 1,303 of volume II (C) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1893]
    Cyme (səi·moid), a. [f. Cyma + -oid.] Resembling a cyma. 1815 T. Forster Atmos. Phenom. 145 Before storms a feature of cirrostratus appears, of a cymoid figure, like some architectural ornaments. Ibid. 193 The curious cymoid feature..is not merely alternate bars, but the bars are curiously curved. 1846 in Worcester, and in later Dicts.
• “cymoid, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Etymology 2

cyme +‎ -oid

Adjective

cymoid ‎(comparative more cymoid, superlative most cymoid)

1. (botany) Having the form of a cyme.