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convolute
[ kon-vuh-loot ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to coil up; form into a twisted shape.
adjective
- rolled up together or with one part over another.
- Botany. coiled up longitudinally so that one margin is within the coil and the other without, as the petals of cotton.
convolute
/ ˈkɒnvəˌluːt /
verb
- to form into a twisted, coiled, or rolled shape
adjective
- botany rolled longitudinally upon itself
a convolute petal
- another word for convoluted
Derived Forms
- ˈconvoˌlutely, adverb
Other Words From
- convo·lutely adverb
- sub·convo·lute adjective
- sub·convo·lutely adverb
- un·convo·lute adjective
- un·convo·lutely adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of convolute1
Word History and Origins
Origin of convolute1
Example Sentences
The best rom-coms from the early 2000s are the ones that recognize that no matter how convoluted the plot may be, the love story has to be relatable.
The two first have zigzag passages; the third, channels running in convolute curves.
The passages here run in convolute curves, the one winding in a spiral to the centre, the other receding from the centre.
They resemble the Ammonites in internal structure, but instead of being spirally convolute they are merely curved like a horn.
The more decidedly convolute species with hidden spires are the Atys, Montf.
A spiral shell is said to be discoidal, when the whorls are so horizontally convolute as to form a flattened spire.
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