Circinate (circinotropous)

• Title

  Circinate (circinotropous)

• Definition

  Coiled from the tip downward, as in the fiddlehead of a fern, but also characteristic of some inflorescences; e.g., in Plumbaginaceae or Boraginaceae.

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