circinate

English

A circinate fern leaf

Etymology

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

Adjective

circinate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Used of leaves or similar parts that are coiled on themselves from the apex toward their base.
2. (medicine) Round or ring-shaped, particularly with distinct margins forming some sort of motive; annular.

Usage notes

• Most often the term is used in botany with regard to the way a leaf is "packaged" inside a bud.

Derived terms

• circinate vernation

Anagrams

• anicteric

Latin

Verb

circināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of circinō