involute

Adjective
Synonyms: rolled

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inwardSynonyms: rolled
  2. (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Involute \In"vo*lute\, Involuted \In"vo*lu`ted\, a. [L. involutus, p. p. of involvere. See Involve.]

1.(Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in [ae]stivation. --Gray. [1913 Webster]

2.(Zool.) (a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. (b) Rolled inward spirally. [1913 Webster]

Involute \In"vo*lute\, n. (Geom.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute. [1913 Webster]
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