circinal
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek
Adjective
circinal (comparative more circinal, superlative most circinal)
- (botany) circinate; coiled from the apex towards the base
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for circinal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)