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Circinate vs Circinnate - What's the difference?

circinate | circinnate |

As adjectives the difference between circinate and circinnate

is that circinate is (botany) used of leaves or similar parts that are coiled on themselves from the apex toward their base while circinnate is .

circinate

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Adjective

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  • (botany) Used of leaves or similar parts that are coiled on themselves from the apex toward their base.
  • (medicine) Round or ring-shaped, particularly with distinct margins forming some sort of motive; annular.

    • Usage notes

    * Most often the term is used in botany with regard to the way a leaf is "packaged" inside a bud.

    Derived terms

    * circinate vernation

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    circinnate

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    Adjective

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