Obvoluted

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

  Obvolute \Ob"vo*lute\, Obvoluted \Ob`vo*lu"ted\, a. [L.
     obvolutus, p. p. of obvolvere to wrap round; ob (see {Ob-}) +
     volvere to roll.]
     Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in
     botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge
     overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to


     a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.
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