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Same as Discina.

Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ly, adv. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ness, n. Orbicular as the disk of a planet. De Quincey.

That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.

, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline. Orbiculate leaf (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly circular.

The state or quality of being orbiculate; orbicularness. Dr. H. More.

Plane or flat on one side, and spherical on the other.

Having the shape of a half orb or sphere.

Almost orbiculate or orbicular.

An orbicular motion. [Obs.] bailey.

The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.

Globular; spherical; orbicular. -- Glob"u*lous*ness, n.

Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular. "The globy sea." Milton.

Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular. [R.] Bacon.

A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.

orbicular, or nearly so. Gray.

e center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball. "The big, round tears." Shak. Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world. Milton.

Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body.

A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also horned toad.

A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.