Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Circinate

Circinate , adjective

[Latin circinatus, past participle of circinare to make round, from circinus a pair of compasses, from Greek {not transcribed} a circle.]

(Botany) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. — Gray

Circinate , transitive verb

To make a circle around; to encompass. [Obsolete] — Bailey