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. A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. - Bentley.
	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.

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