circinate
English
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A circinate fern leaf
Etymology
From Latin circinatus, past participle of circinō (“to make round”)
Adjective
circinate (not comparable)
- (botany) Used of leaves or similar parts that are coiled on themselves from the apex toward their base.
- (medicine) Round or ring-shaped, particularly with distinct margins forming some sort of motive; annular.
Usage notes
- Most often the term is used in botany with regard to the way a leaf is "packaged" inside a bud.
Derived terms
- circinate vernation
Anagrams
- anicteric
Latin
Verb
circināte
- second-person plural present active imperative of circinō