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orbic |
orbical |
orbicle |
orbicula |
orbicular |
orbiculate
| orbiculate leaf
| orbiculated
| orbiculation
| orbignya
| orbignya cohune
orbiculate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective orbiculate has 1 sense
- orbiculate(s = adj.all) orbicular - circular or nearly circular; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
orbiculate, n.
That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular. [1913 Webster]
orbiculate, a. [L. orbiculatus. See Orbicular.].
Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline. [1913 Webster]
Orbiculate leaf (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly circular.
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