gyrose

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/ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəʊs/

adjective

Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro.

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Meanings

adjectivegyrose (comparative more gyrose, superlative most gyrose)

comparative more gyrose · superlative most gyrose

  1. biologyTurned round like a crook, or bent to and fro.

    Colt's-foot gyrose

    1828, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Plants

Origin

From gyre + -ose.

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Cite this entry
APA

gyrose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyrose

MLA

“gyrose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyrose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gyrose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyrose.

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