circumnutate

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verb

to bend in a direction that is continuously moving in a horizontal direction

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Meanings

verbcircumnutate (third-person singular simple present circumnutates, present participle circumnutating, simple past and past participle circumnutated)

present singular third person circumnutates · participle present circumnutating · participle past circumnutated · past circumnutated

  1. biologyto bend in a direction that is continuously moving in a horizontal direction

Origin

From circum- + nutate.

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APA

circumnutate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumnutate

MLA

“circumnutate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumnutate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumnutate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumnutate.

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