in·vo·lute (ĭn
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adj.► Intricate; complex.
► Botany. ■ Having the margins rolled inward.
■ Having whorls that obscure the axis or other volutions, as the shell of a cowrie.
intr.v. in·vo·lut·ed, in·vo·lut·ing, in·vo·lutes ► To curl inward.
► To return to a normal or former condition.
n. The curve traced by a point on a taut, inextensible string as it unwinds from another curve.
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