cirrous
English
Etymology
From Latin cirrus + -ous
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪɹəs/
Adjective
cirrous (comparative more cirrous, superlative most cirrous)
- (botany, zoology) Pertaining to cirri; having filaments, fibrous.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 198)
- And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tentacles and holdfasts unto it.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 198)
- Pertaining to cirrus clouds.