Convolute definitions

Convolute

1) Coiled 2) Convolve
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Convolute

1) Coiled 2) Curl, wind, or twist together 3) Practice sophistry 4) To make unnecessarily complex
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[botany] Convolute as a verb literally means to `roll together` or `roll around`, from the Latin convolvere. In general application the word can mean to `tangle` or `complicate`, but in botanical descriptions convolute usually is an adjective from the Latin convolutus, meaning `rolled around`. It commonly refers to a special class of imbric...
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convolute

referring to the arrangement of floral or foliar organs in a bud when each organ or segment has one edge overlapping the adjacent organ or segment; a form of imbricate arrangement; contorted.
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convolute

an arrangement of petals in a bud where each has one side overlapping the neighbouring petal
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Convolute

pleated or rolled like an umbrella
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Convolute

• (a.) Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in aestivation.
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convolute

Rolled up lengthwise; referring to the way some leaves are folded when young.
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Convolute

rolled up longitudinally, with one edge inside the other and the upper surface on the inside (compare revolute, involute)
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convolute

Said of parts rolled or twisted together when in an undeveloped stage, as in some corollas in the bud stage. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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Convolute

rolled up longitudinally, with one edge inside the other and the upper surface on the inside (compare revolute, involute)
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Convolute

Descriptive of perianth parts or leaves which are rolled up and often twisted epically in the bud so that the margins of the perianth members or leaves successively overlap.
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Convolute

Con'vo·lute adjective [ Latin convolutus , past participle of convolvere . See Convolve .] (Botany) Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in æstivation.
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