a. and sb. [ad. mod.L. fīcoïdēs, f. L. fīc-us fig; see -OID.]
A. adj. a. = FICOIDAL a. 1. b. Resembling a fig; fig-like.
1884. Syd. Soc. Lex., Ficoid, belonging to, resembling, or having an arrangement of parts as in the Genus Ficus. Also, resembling a fig; fig-like.
B. sb. A plant of the N. O. Mesembriaceæ.
1737. Compl. Fam.-Piece, II. iii. 362. In a warm Day give a little Water to your most succulent Ficoids.
1846. Lindley, The Vegetable Kingdom, 525. The seed-vessels of the Ficoids exhibit remarkable phenomena, closing when placed in water, opening again when dried, a hygrometrical quality doubtless connected with their manner of life.
