circinate

  • 121wild tamarind — noun 1. common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum • Syn: ↑manila tamarind, ↑camachile,… …

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  • 122circinately — adverb see circinate …

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  • 123cir´ci|nate´ly — cir|ci|nate «SUR suh nayt», adjective. 1. rolled up into a coil; rounded; made circular. 2. Botany. coiled from the apex toward the base. The unopened fronds of ferns are circinate. ╂[< Latin circinātus made round, past participle of circināre …

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  • 124cir|ci|nate — «SUR suh nayt», adjective. 1. rolled up into a coil; rounded; made circular. 2. Botany. coiled from the apex toward the base. The unopened fronds of ferns are circinate. ╂[< Latin circinātus made round, past participle of circināre <… …

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