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English Dictionary: orbiculate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orbiculate
adj
  1. circular or nearly circular [syn: orbiculate, orbicular]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orbiculate \Or*bic"u*late\, Orbiculated \Or*bic"u*la`ted\, a.
      [L. orbiculatus. See {Orbicular}.]
      Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or
      nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline.
  
      {Orbiculate leaf} (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly
            circular.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orbiculate \Or*bic"u*late\, n.
      That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical
      section of which is oval, and the horizontal section
      circular.
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