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circinate

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English

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A circinate fern leaf

Etymology

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From Latin circinatus, past participle of circinō (to make round).

Adjective

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circinate (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Used of leaves or similar parts that are coiled on themselves from the apex toward their base.
  2. (medicine) Round or ring-shaped, particularly with distinct margins forming some sort of motive; annular.

Usage notes

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  • Most often the term is used in botany with regard to the way a leaf is "packaged" inside a bud.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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circināte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of circinō