annular
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈænjələ/, /ˈænjʊlə/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈænjəlɚ/
Adjective

annular (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; ring-shaped; in the shape of an annulus.
    annular fiber
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 6:
      The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings […] ; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts{{...}
  2. Banded or marked with circles.
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