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单词 circinate
释义 cir·ci·nate
\ˈsərsənˌāt\ adjective
Etymology: Latin circinatus, past participle of circinare to make round, from circinus pair of compasses, from circus circle
: rounded in outline: as
 a. : characterized by or having the form of a flat coil of which the apex is the center
  < the retracted tongue of a butterfly forms a circinate coil >
  — used especially of arrangements of plant parts in vernation and of developing fern fronds
  < circinate bracken fronds unfolding >
  — see scorpioid
 b. medicine, of lesions : having a sharply circumscribed and somewhat circular margin
cir·ci·nate·ly adverb
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