单词 | circumvallate |
释义 | circumvallate/ˌsəːkəmˈvaleɪt /verb [with object] Surround with or as if with a rampart: the walls were circumvallated with a ditch...
adjective 1 literary Surrounded or surrounding as if by a rampart: circumvallate mountains...
2 Anatomy Denoting certain papillae near the back of the tongue, surrounded by taste receptors.Eight to 12 larger mushroom shaped (circumvallate) papillae, each surrounded by a circular trough, lie at the back of the tongue in a V-shaped formation; these have on average 250 taste buds each....
OriginMid 17th century (as an adjective): from Latin circumvallat- 'surrounded with a rampart', from the verb circumvallare, from circum 'around' + vallare, from vallum 'rampart'. The verb dates from the early 19th century. |
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