cirrous
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cirrous (comparative more cirrous, superlative most cirrous)
- (botany, zoology) Pertaining to cirri; having filaments, fibrous.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 198:
- And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tentacles and holdfasts unto it.
- Pertaining to cirrus clouds.