BOTRYOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does botryoid mean? 

• BOTRYOID (adjective)
  The adjective BOTRYOID has 1 sense:

1. resembling a cluster of grapes in form

  Familiarity information: BOTRYOID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOTRYOID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling a cluster of grapes in form

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

botryoid; botryoidal; boytrose

Pertainym:

grape (any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries)

 Context examples 

The term embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma encompasses the spindle cell, botryoid and anaplastic variants.

(Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

There are three histologic types, spindle cell, botryoid and anaplastic.

(Childhood Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)