Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Circinate \Cir"ci*nate\, v. t.
To make a circle around; to encompass. [Obs.] --Bailey.
Circinate \Cir"ci*nate\, a. [L. circinatus, p. p. of circinare
to make round, fr. circinus a pair of compasses, from Gr. ? a
circle.] (Bot.)
Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a
term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns.
--Gray.
Source : WordNet®
circinate
adj : shaped like a ring [syn: {annular}, {annulate}, {annulated},
{circular}, {ringed}, {ring-shaped}, {doughnut-shaped}]