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orbiculate


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orbiculate  \Or*bic"u*late\,  n. 
  That  which  is  orbiculate;  especially,  a  solid  the  vertical 
  section  of  which  is  oval,  and  the  horizontal  section 
  circular. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orbiculate  \Or*bic"u*late\,  Orbiculated  \Or*bic"u*la`ted\,  a. 
  [L.  orbiculatus.  See  {Orbicular}.] 
  Made  or  being  in  the  form  of  an  orb;  having  a  circular,  or 
  nearly  circular,  or  a  spheroidal,  outline. 
 
  {Orbiculate  leaf}  (Bot.),  a  leaf  whose  outline  is  nearly 
  circular. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  orbiculate 
  adj  :  circular  or  nearly  circular  [syn:  {orbicular}] 




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