Definitions for circinate

circinate cir·ci·nate

Spelling: [sur-suh-neyt]
IPA: /ˈsɜr səˌneɪt/

Circinate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 352 anagrams from letters in circinate (acceiinrt).

Definitions for circinate

adjective

  1. made round; ring-shaped.
  2. Botany, Mycology. rolled up on the axis at the apex, as a leaf or fruiting body.

Origin of circinate

1820-30; Latin circinātus (past participle of circināre to make round), equivalent to circin(us) pair of compasses (akin to circus) + -ātus Examples for circinate

Scorpioid or Scorpioidal, curved or circinate at the end, 77.

Most Ferns are circinate in the bud; that is, are rolled up in the manner shown in Fig. 197.

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