circinate

cir·ci·nate  (sûrs-nt)

adj.

1. Ring-shaped.

2. Botany Rolled up in the form of a coil with the tip in the center, as an unexpanded fern frond.

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[Latin circintus, past participle of circinre, to make circular, from circinus, pair of compasses; see Circinus.]

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circi·nately adv.

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circinate  (sûrs-nt)

Rolled up in the form of a coil with the tip in the center, as an unexpanded fern frond. See more at vernation.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

circinate - shaped like a ring                   annular, annulate, annulated, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"