Contortuplicate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contortuplicate \Con`tor*tu"pli*cate\, a. [L. contortuplicatus;
     contortus contorted + plicare to fold.] (Bot.)
     Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the
     morning-glory. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]