circumvallate - Definition and Meaning

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(verb)

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surround with or as if with a rampart

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the walls were circumvallated with a ditch

(adjective)

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surrounded or surrounding as if by a rampart

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circumvallate mountains

(adjective)

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denoting certain papillae near the back of the tongue, surrounded by taste receptors