CIRCINATE

annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped

(adjective) shaped like a ring

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

circinate (not comparable)

(botany) Used of leaves or similar parts that are coiled on themselves from the apex toward their base.

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

Usage notes

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

Anagrams

• anicteric

Source: Wiktionary

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Cir"ci*nate, a. Etym: [L. circinatus, p. p. of circinare to make round, fr. circinus a pair of compasses, from Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. Gray.

Cir"ci*nate, v. t.

Definition: To make a circle around; to encompass. [Obs.] Bailey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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