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obvolute
[ob-vuh-loot]
adjective
rolled or turned in.
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.
obvolute
/ ˈɒəˌː /
adjective
(of leaves or petals in the bud) folded so that the margins overlap each other
turned in or rolled
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Other 51Թ Forms
- obvolution noun
- obvolutive adjective
- ˈDzˌܳپ adjective
- ˌDzˈܳپDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of obvolute1
C18: from Latin DzDZūٳܲ past participle of obvolvere, from ob- to, over + volvere to roll
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Obvolute, -d, ob′vo-lūt, -ed, adj. rolled or turned in, as two leaves in a bud, one edge of each out and the other in, as in the poppy.—adj.
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Obvolute: folded together, but the opposite leaves half inclosing each other.
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