The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, Turbinated \Tur"bi*na`ted\, a. [L.
turbinatus, fr. turbo, turben, turbinis, a whirl, top.]
1. Whirling in the manner of a top.
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A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole.
--Bentley.
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2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the
base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary,
pericarp, or root.
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3. (Anat.) Turbinal.
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4. (Zool.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a
large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
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