circinate
/ˈsəːsɪnət
/ /ˈsəːsɪneɪt/adjective
1 Botany Denoting leaves or fronds that are rolled up with the tip in the centre, for example the young frond of a fern.Most also have circinate branch tips, which unroll like the fiddle head of a fern....
- Droseraceæ are known from Violaceæ by their circinate leaves.
2 Medicine Circular in appearance.The transilluminated retinal image of the right eye at autopsy shows a circinate, elevated, perimacular retinal fold....
- Hard exudates may form a circinate pattern around a leaking microaneurysm.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Latin circinatus, past participle of circinare 'make round', from circinus 'pair of compasses'.