Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, twisted and plaited or folded.
- In zoology, crinkled, as the hair of a negro.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory.
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- adjective botany
Plaited lengthwise and alsotwisted .
Etymologies
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Latin contortuplicatus; contortus contorted + plicare to fold.
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