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
English
Adjective
(-)
(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
Anagrams
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