CIRCINATE


Meaning of CIRCINATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsər-sə-ˌnāt ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin circinatus, past participle of circinare to round, from circinus pair of compasses, from circus

Date: 1830

: rounded , coiled ; especially : rolled in the form of a flat coil with the apex as a center

circinate fern fronds unfolding

• cir·ci·nate·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.