different between zymoid vs cymoid

English

Etymology

zymo- +? -oid

Adjective

zymoid (comparative more zymoid, superlative most zymoid)

1. (obsolete) Resembling a zymin or ferment (enzyme)

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s??moid, IPA^(key): /?sa?m??d/

Etymology 1

cyma +? -oid

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 (s?i·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.

Anagrams

• mycoid