orbiculate adjective.
[ɔ:'bɪkjʊlǝt] M18.[Latin orbiculatus, from orbiculus: see ORBICLE, -ATE2.]Chiefly
Botany &
Zoology. Rounded, orbicular.
■ orbiculated adjective (now
rare) =
ORBICULATE M17. ■ orbiculately adverb M19. ■ orbiculation noun (a) the formation of a circle or sphere;
(b) an orbicular structure:
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