atheroid

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἀθήρ (athḗr, “beard or ear of grain”) + -oid.

Adjective

atheroid (comparative more atheroid, superlative most atheroid)

1. Shaped like an ear of grain.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “atheroid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)