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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. shaped like a ring;
[syn: annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Circinate \Cir"ci*nate\, v. t. To make a circle around; to encompass. [Obs.] --Bailey. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

circinate adj 1: shaped like a ring [syn: annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped]