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Added 10 October 2026

circinate

adjective

Latin root: circinatus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about circinate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Of a leaf or similar part: coiled on itself from the apex toward the base.
Round or ring-shaped, particularly with distinct margins forming some sort of motive; annular.

Origin

From Latin circinatus, past participle of circinō (“to make round”).

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