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convolute (encz) | convolute,stočený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
convolute (encz) | convolute,svinutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Convolute (gcide) | Convolute \Con"vo*lute\, a. [L. convolutus, p. p. of convolvere.
See Convolve.] (Bot.)
Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of
the leaves of plants in [ae]stivation.
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convolute (wn) | convolute
adj 1: rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal"
[syn: convolute, convoluted]
v 1: curl, wind, or twist together [syn: convolve,
convolute]
2: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about
in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn:
twist, twist around, pervert, convolute,
sophisticate] |
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convolute (encz) | convolute,stočený adj: Zdeněk Brožconvolute,svinutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
convoluted (encz) | convoluted,komplikovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožconvoluted,spletitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
convolute rolled longitudinally upon itself (gcide) | coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};curled, curled up;
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; wound]
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Convoluted (gcide) | Convoluted \Con"vo*lu`ted\, a.
1. Having convolutions.
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beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn.
--Pennant.
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2. Folded in tortuous windings.
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A highly convoluted brain. --North Amer.
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[1913 Webster]coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};curled, curled up;
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; wound]
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convoluted (gcide) | Convoluted \Con"vo*lu`ted\, a.
1. Having convolutions.
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beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn.
--Pennant.
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2. Folded in tortuous windings.
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A highly convoluted brain. --North Amer.
Rev.
[1913 Webster]coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};curled, curled up;
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; wound]
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Dakruma convolutella (gcide) | Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. Gooseberries, [Corrupted
for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F.
groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere,
kr[aum]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie
(as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie,
fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb[aum]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp).
The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf.
Grossular, a.]
1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the
edible berries of such shrub. There are several species,
of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly
cultivated.
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2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith.
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Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub ({Pereskia
aculeata}) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries
resembling gooseberries.
Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola.
Gooseberry fool. See 1st Fool.
Gooseberry worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth
(Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by
eating the interior.
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convolute (wn) | convolute
adj 1: rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal"
[syn: convolute, convoluted]
v 1: curl, wind, or twist together [syn: convolve,
convolute]
2: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about
in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn:
twist, twist around, pervert, convolute,
sophisticate] |
convoluted (wn) | convoluted
adj 1: rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal"
[syn: convolute, convoluted]
2: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the
Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on
to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language";
"convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a
knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering";
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott;
"tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting
for months" [syn: Byzantine, convoluted, involved,
knotty, tangled, tortuous] |
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