单词 | circination |
释义 | circinationn. a. gen. An orbicular motion, a circling or turning round. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1592 J. Lyly Gallathea ii. iii. sig. C3 It is a very secrete Science, for none almost can vnderstand the language of it..Circination, [etc.]. 1681 Blount's Glossographia (ed. 5) Circination, a circling or turning about. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. ΚΠ 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iv, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 168 In the circinations and sphærical rounds of Onyons. 2. Botany. Circinate vernation or foliation. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > vernation or arrangement in the bud foliation1785 vernation1793 prefoliation1829 circination1857 1857 M. J. Berkeley Introd. Cryptogamic Bot. §40. 54 The circination of the pinnate leaves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1592 |
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