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gyrose

/ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəʊs/

gyrose adjective: turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro.

Adjective

gyrose (comparative more gyrose, superlative most gyrose)

  1. Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro.
    • Colt's-foot gyrose1828, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Plants

Forms of gyrose

comparativemore gyrose
superlativemost gyrose

Origin of gyrose

From gyre + -ose.

Questions about gyrose

What does gyrose mean?
Gyrose means turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro.
What part of speech is gyrose?
Gyrose is an adjective.
How do you pronounce gyrose?
Gyrose is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəʊs/.

Words near gyrose in the dictionary

  1. gyroscopic stabilizer
  2. gyroscopic stabilizers
  3. gyroscopically
  4. gyroscopics
  5. gyroscopy
  6. gyrose
  7. gyrosecant
  8. gyrosecants
  9. gyrosensor
  10. gyrosensors
  11. gyrosine

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