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CIRCUMNUTATION
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cir⋅cum⋅nu⋅tate
/
ˌsɜr
kəmˈnu
teɪt
,
-ˈnyu-
/
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[
sur-k
uh
m-
noo
-teyt
,
-
nyoo
-
]
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CIRCUMNUTATION
–verb (used without object),
-tat⋅ed,
-tat⋅ing.
(of the apex of a stem or other growing part of a plant) to bend or move around in an irregular circular or elliptical path.
Origin:
1875–80;
circum-
+
nutate
< L
nūtātus,
ptp. of
nūtāre
to nod in assent, sway, totter
Related forms:
cir⋅cum⋅nu⋅ta⋅tion,
noun
cir⋅cum⋅nu⋅ta⋅to⋅ry
/
ˌsɜr
kəmˈnu
təˌtɔr
i
,
-ˌtoʊr
i
,
-ˈnyu-
/
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sur-k
uh
m-
noo
-t
uh
-tawr-ee
,
-tohr-ee
,
-
nyoo
-
]
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,
adjective
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[sur-kuh
m-noo-teyt, -nyoo-] 
[sur-kuhm-noo-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -nyoo-] , adjective