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Webster 1913 Edition


Obvoluted

{

Ob′vo-lute

,

Obˊvo-lu′ted

, }
Adj.
[L.
obvolutus
, p. p. of
obvolvere
to wrap round;
ob
(see
Ob-
) +
volvere
to roll.]
Overlapping; contorted; convolute; – applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.

Definition 2024


obvoluted

obvoluted

English

Adjective

obvoluted (comparative more obvoluted, superlative most obvoluted)

  1. Alternative form of obvolute