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Webster 1913 Edition


Cirrous

Cir′rous

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Adj.
1.
(Bot.)
Cirrose.
2.
(Zool.)
Tufted; – said of certain feathers of birds.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cirrous

CIRROUS

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Adj.
Terminating in a cirrus, curl or tendril; as a cirrous leaf.

Definition 2024


cirrous

cirrous

English

Adjective

cirrous (comparative more cirrous, superlative most cirrous)

  1. (botany, zoology) Pertaining to cirri; having filaments, fibrous.
    • 1658, And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tenacles and holdfasts unto it. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 198)
  2. Pertaining to cirrus clouds.