convolute

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The third glume is very narrow, cylindric, coriaceous, convolute, acuminate, 3-nerved, tip produced into a long 3-partite, naked or hairy awn twisted below the branches, with a minute palea which is convolute round the ovary.

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  1. adjective Rolled or coiled together in overlapping whorls, as certain leaves, petals, or shells.
  2. intransitive and transitive verb To coil or fold or cause to coil or fold in overlapping whorls.

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  • Don't convolute things with too many things because it could be confusing to others. —  Bizzia
  • You can do a sputs and convolute all you wish, but the change of topic and irrelevant Blago-reference speaks for itself. —  BlatherWatch
  • The net effect was to convolute an already confusing situation. —  Variety.com
  • Mike wants to incorporate discussions of WTC 1 & 2 and the Madrid Windsor in order to convolute the issues with WTC7. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • One would think that if the arguements presented were ironclad, they wouldn't be so easy to convolute. —  BlueOregon
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  1. Latin convolūtus, past participle of convolvere, to convolve; see convolve.

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  1. = French convoluté = Portuguese Italian convoluto, from Latin convolutus, past participle of convolvere, roll together: see convolve.
 

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