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obvolute

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ob⋅vo⋅lute

[ob-vuh-loot]
–adjective
1. rolled or turned in.
2. Botany. noting or pertaining to a vernation in which two leaves are folded together in the bud so that one half of each is exterior and the other interior.

Origin:
1750–60; < L obvolūtus (ptp. of obvolvere to cover by wrapping up), equiv. to ob- ob- + volū-, base of volvere to turn, roll + -tus ptp. suffix; see volute


ob⋅vo⋅lu⋅tion, noun
ob⋅vo⋅lu⋅tive, adjective
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