Category:Turbinate

Tur"bi*nate, v. i.

Defn: to revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [r.]

Turbinate; turbinated Tur"bi*nate, tur"bi*na`ted, a. Etym: [l. turbinatus, turbo, turben, - Inis, a whirl, top.]

1. Whirling in the manner of a top. A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. Bentley.

2. (bot.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: turbinal.

4. (zoöl.)

Defn: spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to A pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.