3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, v. i. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.] [1913 Webster] Turbinate From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, Turbinated \Tur"bi*na`ted\, a. [L. turbinatus, fr. turbo, turben, turbinis, a whirl, top.] 1. Whirling in the manner of a top. [1913 Webster] A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. --Bentley. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root. [1913 Webster] 3. (Anat.) Turbinal. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: turbinate adj 1: of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages 2: in the shape of a coil [syn: {coiling}, {helical}, {spiral}, {spiraling}, {volute}, {voluted}, {whorled}] n : any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates [syn: {turbinate bone}, {turbinal}]
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