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circumnutate

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cir⋅cum⋅nu⋅tate

  [sur-kuhm-noo-teyt, -nyoo-]
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–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  [sur-kuhm-noo-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -nyoo-] , adjective
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