Category:Obvolute

Ob"vo*lute, ob`vo*lu"ted, a. Etym: [l. obvolutus, p.p. of obvolvere To wrap round; ob (see ob-) + volvere to roll.]

Defn: overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in Botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge Overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a Circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.