discoidal
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"Maybe that discoidal shape is some sort of reference to the Sun, who knows?," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
I shall close this communication by a notice of certain discoidal stones occasionally found in the mounds of the United States.
From Some Observations on the Ethnography and Archaeology of the American Aborigines by Samuel George Morton
This is a beautiful species, easily known by its discoidal or almost annulate sporangia mounted upon short dark black stipes.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
In shape they are spheroidal, ellipsoidal or discoidal; in structure they may be solid, hollow or more or less cavernous; whilst in size they vary from that of a walnut to masses weighing several tons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
The sporangia are subrotund or discoidal in form, dark brown, smooth, shining.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard