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ORBICULAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does orbicular mean?
• ORBICULAR (adjective)
The adjective ORBICULAR has 2 senses:
1. circular or nearly circular
2. having the shape of a sphere or ball
Familiarity information: ORBICULAR used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Circular or nearly circular
Synonyms:
orbicular; orbiculate
Similar:
simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having the shape of a sphere or ball
Synonyms:
ball-shaped; global; globose; globular; orbicular; spheric; spherical
Context example:
little globular houses like mud-wasp nests
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