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involuted |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Involute \In"vo*lute\, Involuted \In"vo*lu`ted\, a. [L. involutus p. p. of involvere See {Involve}.] 1. (Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in [ae]stivation. --Gray. 2. (Zo["o]l.) a Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. b Rolled inward spirally.
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