Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being circinate.
- noun A circling or turning round.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete An orbicular motion.
- noun obsolete A circle; a concentric layer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
circling motion, arotation . - noun botany A circular growth or
foliation .
Etymologies
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From Latin circinationem, from circinare, from circinus.
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