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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convolute \Con"vo*lute\, a. [L. convolutus p. p. of convolvere
See {Convolve}.] (Bot.)
Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of
the leaves of plants in [ae]stivation.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
convolute
adj : (botany) rolled longitudinally upon itself:" a convolute
petal"
v 1: curl, wind, or twist together [syn: {convolve}]
2: change the meaning of [syn: {twist}, {twist around}, {pervert},
{sophisticate}]
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