Etymology:bo.try.o.i’des.Gr. masc. n.botrys, bunch of grapes; L. adj. suff.-oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff.-eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n.eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj.botryoides, resembling a bunch of grapes