obvolute

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin obvolutus, past participle of obvolvere to wrap around.

Adjective

obvolute (comparative more obvolute, superlative most obvolute)

  1. overlapping; contorted; convoluted
  2. (botany) Having two opposite leaves, each with one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other.
  3. (botany) Having a circle of several leaves or petals which overlap in that manner.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “obvolute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Participle

obvolūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of obvolūtus
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