circinate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: circinate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for circinate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
circinate adj shaped like a ring [syn: annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Circinate \Cir"ci*nate\, a. [L. circinatus, p. p. of circinare to make round, fr. circinus a pair of compasses, from Gr. [?] a circle.] (Bot.) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Circinate \Cir"ci*nate\, v. t. To make a circle around; to encompass. [Obs.] --Bailey.