circinate

English

A circinate fern leaf

Etymology

From Latin circinatus, past participle of circinō (“to make round”).

Adjective

circinate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Of a leaf or similar part: coiled on itself from the apex toward the base.

   Synonym: circinal

2. (medicine) Round or ring-shaped, particularly with distinct margins forming some sort of motive; annular.

   Synonym: circinal

Usage notes

• Most often the term is used in botany with regard to the way a leaf is "packaged" inside a bud.

Derived terms

• circinately
• circinate vernation
• subcircinate

Anagrams

• anicteric

Latin

Verb

circināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of circinō