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Webster 1913 Edition


Convolute

Con′vo-lute

,
Adj.
[L.
convolutus
, p. p. of
convolvere
. See
Convolve
.]
(Bot.)
Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; – said of the leaves of plants in æstivation.

Webster 1828 Edition


Convolute

CONVOLUTE

, CONVOLUTED,
Adj.
Rolled together, or one part on another; as the sides or margins of nascent leaves in plants, or as the petals and stigmas in Crocus.