Hypertext Webster Gateway: "circinate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Circinate \Cir"ci*nate\, v. t.
To make a circle around; to encompass. [Obs.] --Bailey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Circinate \Cir"ci*nate\, a. [L. circinatus, p. p. of circinare
to make round, fr. circinus a pair of compasses, from Gr. ? a
circle.] (Bot.)
Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a
term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns.
--Gray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
circinate
adj : shaped like a ring [syn: {annular}, {annulate}, {annulated},
{circular}, {ringed}, {ring-shaped}]
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