Turbinate

Definition of Turbinate

Tur´bi`nate
v. i.1.To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.
a.1.Whirling in the manner of a top.
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.
3.(Anat.) Turbinal.
4.(Zool.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; - said of certain shells.

Related Words

coiled, coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled
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