Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ORB-IC'U-LATE, or ORB-IC'U-LA-TED
ORB-IC'U-LAR-NESSOR-BIC-U-LA'TION
ORB-IC'U-LATE, or ORB-IC'U-LA-TED, a. [L. orbiculatus.]
Made or being in the form of an orb. In botany, an orbiculate or orbicular leaf is one that has the periphery of a circle, or both its longitudinal and transverse diameters equal. Martyn.
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