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Definition of Cirrhus
1. Noun. Usually coiled.
Definition of Cirrhus
1. n. Same as Cirrus.
Definition of Cirrhus
1. Noun. (alternative form of cirrus) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cirrhus
Literary usage of Cirrhus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"The author bases his work on the observation of cirrhus clouds.—A note by MG de
Saporta on the discovery of fossil plants in the tertiary strata in the ..."
2. Peter Parley's Cyclopedia of Botany: Including Familiar Descriptions of ...by Samuel Griswold Goodrich by Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1838)
"OF THE TENDRIL (cirrhus). The tendrils are those convolving strings or claspers
by which plants are occasionally supported, winding themselves spirally ..."
3. Botanical Commentaries by Jonathan Stokes (1830)
"Peduncle. Becoming thicker towards the end. //. am. n. 301. 438. cirrhus foliaceus.
Lamellar like a flat leaf, terminating the petiole, as in Orobus vernus. ..."
4. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"cirrhus costalis, a projecting or excurrent midrib, modified as a tendril. ...
cirrhus peduncularis, a flower-stalk modified as a tendril. ..."
5. An Introduction to Botany by John ( Lindley (1839)
"At other times, it branches off on each side at its base below the lamina into
a twisting ramification, as in Smilax horrida; when it is called a cirrhus ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"From the centre of the male opening protrudes a tiny knob or projection' that
comprises the cirrhus or organ of copulation. Behind and around this is the ..."
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