cirroseadj.
/sɪˈrəʊs/ 1.
a. Zoology. Furnished with cirri.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > slender or pointed > filamentary > having hair-like part
cirrous1836–9
cirrose1851
cirrated1854
cirrigerous1856
cirriferous1869
chaetigerous1896
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 67 Octopus... Body oval, warty or cirrose, without fins.
b. Botany. Bearing a tendril.
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the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [adjective] > having tendrils
pampina1398
cirrous1658
capreolate1737
tendrilled1806
cirriferous1813
cirrose1813
tendrilly1863
tendriliferous1900
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Cirrose Leaf,..terminating in a cirrus or tendril.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 180 Any part of the leaf may become cirrhose or transformed into a tendril.
2. Meteorology. Of the nature of cirrus clouds.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > of or relating to cirrus
cirriform1813
cirrose1813
cirrous1813
1813 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. ii. 68 The nimbus..may be considered as having its base on the earth, and its summit at the end of the fibres of its cirrose crown.
1814 Time's Telescope: Guide to Almanack 341 A dense black mass, with a cirrose crown extending from the top.
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