Dictionary Orbicular

Orbicular [ Botany ]	Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
Synonyms: Orbiculated, Orb-shaped Noun: Orbicularity (-lr-t) Adverb: Orbicularly

Almost circular in outline. Round in shape.

From Latin orbicularis, from Latin orbiculus, diminutive of orbis, circle, disk.

Rounded and flat, a flat body approximately with length and breadth of the plane about the same. Used especially of leaves.
Spherical, globose or rounded, orb-shaped.

Left: Orbicular leaves of Adromischus rupicola

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