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turbinated

turbinated


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Turbinate  \Tur"bi*nate\,  Turbinated  \Tur"bi*na`ted\,  a.  [L. 
  turbinatus  turbo,  turben,  -inis,  a  whirl,  top.] 
  1.  Whirling  in  the  manner  of  a  top 
 
  A  spiral  and  turbinated  motion  of  the  whole. 
  --Bentley. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  Shaped  like  a  top  or  inverted  cone;  narrow  at  the 
  base,  and  broad  at  the  apex;  as  a  turbinated  ovary, 
  pericarp,  or  root. 
 
  3.  (Anat.)  Turbinal. 
 
  4.  (Zo["o]l.)  Spiral  with  the  whorls  decreasing  rapidly  from 
  a  large  base  to  a  pointed  apex;  --  said  of  certain  shells.