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discoid

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dis·coid  (dskoid) also dis·coi·dal (d-skoidl)
adj.
1. Having a flat, circular form; disk-shaped.
2. Related to or having a disk.
3. Botany Having disk flowers only. Used of a composite flower head.
discoid n.
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Adj.1.discoid - having a flat circular shape
disc-shaped, disclike, discoidal, disk-shaped, disklike
circular, round - having a circular shape
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Similar suspension structures in gold discoid beads from at least the seventeenth century to the present, as well as the symbolic resonance of the circular form across a spectrum of Akan visual culture, attest to the historical depth of such discoid forms within the region.
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