circinate

An obsolete adjective meaning made round or ring-shaped; used historically in botany and medicine.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adjektiv mit der Bedeutung kreisförmig oder ringförmig gemacht; historisch in Botanik und Medizin verwendet.

1. Ring-shaped C2 formal

   Having a circular or ring-like form; coiled or rolled into a circle.

   • The fern fronds were circinate in their early growth stage.
   • The artist created a circinate pattern in the center of the sculpture.
   • Botanists describe the young leaves of certain plants as circinate.

   🇩🇪Ringförmig

   Synonyme: annularcircularringedringlike

• more circinate comparative form
• most circinate superlative form