Meaning of INVOLUTE
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'invu`loot, [v]`invu'loot, 'invu`loot
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- [adj] (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured
- [adj] (botany) especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\In"vo*lute\, n. (Geom.)
A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another
curve, or unwound from it; -- called also {evolvent}. See
{Evolute}.
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| | Definition: | | Rolled inwards; of a leaf, with the margins rolled towards the adaxial surface. |
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