adjective
- Having or resembling a cirrus or cirri; furnished with tendrils or hair-like appendages.
- Characterized by or affected with cirrhosis.
Usage: botanical and zoological term
Usage: medical term; less common than cirrhotic
Examples
- The cirrose leaves of the climbing plant wrapped around the fence.
- Certain marine organisms display cirrose structures for feeding.
- The cirrose appendages help the barnacle filter food from water.
- Botanists identified the cirrose tendrils characteristic of the vine species.
- The cirrose condition of the liver required immediate medical intervention.