circinate

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cir⋅ci⋅nate

[sur-suh-neyt]

–adjective

1.	made round; ring-shaped.

2.	Botany, Mycology. rolled up on the axis at the apex, as a leaf or fruiting body.

Origin:
1820–30; < L circinātus (ptp. of circināre to make round), equiv. to circin(us) pair of compasses (akin to circus ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Related forms:

cir⋅ci⋅nate⋅ly, adverb

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cir·ci·nate (sûr'sə-nāt')

adj.

Ring-shaped.
Botany Rolled up in the form of a coil with the tip in the center, as an unexpanded fern frond.

[Latin circinātus, past participle of circināre, to make circular, from circinus, pair of compasses; see Circinus.]
cir'ci·nate'ly adv.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cir·ci·nate
Pronunciation: 's&r-s^&n-"At
Function: adjective
of lesions : having a sharply circumscribedand somewhat circular margin circinate dermatophytids>

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Medical Dictionary

circinate cir·ci·nate (sûr'sə-nāt')
adj.
Circular; ring-shaped.

Science Dictionary

circinate (sûr'sə-nāt') Pronunciation Key
Rolled up in the form of a coil with the tip in the center, as an unexpanded fern frond. See more at vernation.

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