Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rolled or turned in.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.
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- adjective
overlapping ;contorted ;convoluted - adjective botany Having two
opposite leaves , each with one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other. - adjective botany Having a
circle of several leaves orpetals which overlap in that manner.
Etymologies
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Latin obvolutus, past participle of obvolvere to wrap around.
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