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Added 9 October 2026

involute

adjective

Latin root: involutus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about involute at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward.
(of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin involutus.

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