anthoid adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Resembling a flower.The fructification of the spores is effected by the turbid fluid which proceeds from the apertures of the anthoid organs, and flows over the surface of the fronds. — 1839 noun1 •A flower or, more commonly, a floret that has the simplest, most basic type of structure.The distal spikelets are reduced to solitary flowers (anthoids) leaving the raised areole-like elliptical scars when detached. — 1997 formsanthoids