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Adjective
/ˈkänvəˌlo͞ot/,
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Rolled longitudinally upon itself, as a leaf in the bud,
  1. Rolled longitudinally upon itself, as a leaf in the bud

  1. rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal"
  2. convolve: curl, wind, or twist together
  3. twist: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words"
  4. (convoluted) Byzantine: 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 ...
  5. To make unnecessarily complex; To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers; coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil
  6. (convoluted) Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; Complex, intricate or complicated
  7. (convoluted) description of hose or innercore having annular or helical ridges formed to enhance flexibility.
  8. (Convoluted) An FPF product resulting from a fabrication process involving the use of special cutting equipment to produce an FPF sheet with peaks and valleys.
  9. (convoluted) (adj) - complicated, twisted; questionable
  10. (4. Convoluted) sometimes called egg crate foam, it has hills and valleys the help to ease pressure points. It was invented to help burn victims rebuild tissue by promoting good circulation.
  11. (Convoluted) A description of foam formed with a surface resembling an eggcrate . This is to provide contouring support, comfort and some degree of pressure reduction.
  12. (Convoluted) A fabrication process in which flexible polyurethane foam is cut while compressed non-uniformly to produce a surface with a multicontoured texture. This texture gives the foam a different surface feel, or apparent softness.
  13. (convoluted) (1) too complex or intricate to understand easily; (2) having too many twists, coils, or whorls
  14. In general terms coiled or twisted, frequently applied to the cotyledons in the embryo when the cotyledons are rolled together rather like tobacco leaves in a cigar.
  15. Rolled together or on itself, or when one part is rolled up in another.
  16. an arrangement of petals in a bud where each has one side overlapping the neighbouring petal
  17. A paper can body term indicating paper wrapped straight in plies. A laminated fibre container formed by winding material around a cylinder with material fed at right angles to the axis.
  18. Removal of the incomplete threads at the end faces of a threaded part.
  19. pleated or rolled like an umbrella
  20. rolled up lengthwise.