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INVOLUTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does involute mean?
• INVOLUTE (adjective)
The adjective INVOLUTE has 2 senses:
1. especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
2. (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured
Familiarity information: INVOLUTE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
Synonyms:
involute; rolled
Similar:
coiled (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals))
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured
Similar:
coiled (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals))
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