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circinate

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Adjective
 : 
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective circinate has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

circinatea. [L. circinatus, p. p. of circinare to make round, fr. circinus a pair of compasses, from Gr. a circle.].
     Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns.  Gray.  [1913 Webster]
circinatev. t. 
     To make a circle around; to encompass.  Bailey.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

circinate, adj. Bot. & Zool. rolled up with the apex in the centre, e.g. of young fronds of ferns.

Etymology
L circinatus past part. of circinare make round f. circinus pair of compasses
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