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View synonyms for convolute
convolute
[ kon-vuh-loot ]
verb (used with or without object)
, con·vo·lut·ed, con·vo·lut·ing.
- to coil up; form into a twisted shape.
adjective
- rolled up together or with one part over another.
- Botany. coiled up longitudinally so that one margin is within the coil and the other without, as the petals of cotton.
convolute
/ ˈkɒnvəˌluːt /
verb
- to form into a twisted, coiled, or rolled shape
adjective
- botany rolled longitudinally upon itself
a convolute petal
- another word for convoluted
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Derived Forms
- ˈconvoˌlutely, adverb
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Other Words From
- convo·lutely adverb
- sub·convo·lute adjective
- sub·convo·lutely adverb
- un·convo·lute adjective
- un·convo·lutely adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of convolute1
First recorded in 1690–1700; from Latin convolūtus “rolled up,” past participle of convolvere “to roll together, roll up”; convolve
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Word History and Origins
Origin of convolute1
C18: from Latin convolūtus rolled up, from convolvere to roll together, from volvere to turn
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Example Sentences
The two first have zigzag passages; the third, channels running in convolute curves.
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The passages here run in convolute curves, the one winding in a spiral to the centre, the other receding from the centre.
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They resemble the Ammonites in internal structure, but instead of being spirally convolute they are merely curved like a horn.
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The more decidedly convolute species with hidden spires are the Atys, Montf.
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A spiral shell is said to be discoidal, when the whorls are so horizontally convolute as to form a flattened spire.
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