contortuplicate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin contortuplicatus, from contortus (“contorted”) + plicare (“to fold”).
Adjective edit
contortuplicate (comparative more contortuplicate, superlative most contortuplicate)
- (botany) Plaited lengthwise and also twisted.
- The bud of the morning glory is contortuplicate.[1]
References edit
- ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary […].] Contortuplicate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.
- “contortuplicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.