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Convolute :: Convolute (a.) Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in aestivation..

Voluted :: Voluted (a.) Having a volute, or spiral scroll..

Involuted :: Involuted (a.) Rolled inward spirally.

Gyrencephala :: Gyrencephala (n. pl.) The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum is convoluted..

Helix :: Helix (n.) A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.

Involute :: Involute (n.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute..

Coussinet :: Coussinet (n.) That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute..

Volute :: Volute (n.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells..

Contorted :: Contorted (a.) Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute aestivation..

Rhachiglossa :: Rhachiglossa (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append..

Evolution :: Evolution (n.) The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute.

Involuted :: Involuted (a.) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea..

Devolute :: Devolute (v. t.) To devolve.

Supination :: Supervolute (a.) Having a plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning-glory..

Volute :: Volute (n.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale..

Involuted :: Involuted (a.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in aestivation..

Obvolute :: Obvolute (a.) Alt. of Obvolute.

Involved :: Involved (a.) Same as Involute.

Evolvent :: Evolvent (n.) The involute of a curve. See Involute, and Evolute..

Horn :: Horn (n.) The Ionic volute.

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