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obvolute

[ob-vuh-loot]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

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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 Word Forms

obvolution noun
obvolutive adjective
ˈ�ǲ��ˌ��ܳپ�� adjective
ˌ�ǲ��ˈ��ܳپ��ǲ� noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of obvolute¹

1750–60; < Latin �ǲ��Ǳ�ū�ٳܲ� (past participle of obvolvere to cover by wrapping up), equivalent to ob- ob- + ��Ǳ�ū-, base of volvere to turn, roll + -tus past participle suffix; volute

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Word History and Origins

Origin of obvolute¹

C18: from Latin �ǲ��Ǳ�ū�ٳܲ� 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.

From

Obvolute: folded together, but the opposite leaves half inclosing each other.

From

obviously Obwalden

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