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cirrous - What does it mean?

Definition of 'cirrous'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (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)
  • Pertaining to cirrus clouds.