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  1. circumnutationnoun

    The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stem of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Circumnutationnoun

    the successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Circumnutation

    sėr-kum-nū-tā′shun, n. a nodding or turning successively towards all points of the compass, as in the tendrils of plants.—v.i. Circumnū′tate.—adj. Circumnū′tatory. [L. circum, about, nutāre, -ātum, to nod.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of circumnutation in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of circumnutation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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