Thesaurus / involute
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synonyms for involute
- Daedalian
- byzantine
- circuitous
- complicated
- composite
- compound
- compounded
- confused
- conglomerate
- convoluted
- daedal
- elaborate
- entangled
- heterogeneous
- intricate
- involved
- knotty
- labyrinthine
- manifold
- mingled
- miscellaneous
- mixed
- mixed-up
- mosaic
- motley
- multifarious
- multiform
- multiple
- multiplex
- tangled
- tortuous
- variegated
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These names are given to the curves because the end of a stretched thread unwound from the evolute will describe the involute.
THE NEW GRESHAM ENCYCLOPEDIAVARIOUSIn the Balm of Gilead, the leaf is involute, rolled towards the midrib on the upper face.
OUTLINES OF LESSONS IN BOTANY, PART I; FROM SEED TO LEAFJANE H. NEWELLThe leaves are rolled towards the midrib on the upper face (involute).
OUTLINES OF LESSONS IN BOTANY, PART I; FROM SEED TO LEAFJANE H. NEWELLInvolute teeth have the advantage that they roll on one another instead of sliding.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 6, SLICE 5VARIOUSLeaves involute, the throat usually bearded, and sheaths often enclosing the panicles.
THE MANUAL OF THE BOTANY OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATESASA GRAYLeaves linear, frequently involute, and the ligule or throat of the sheath bearded with long villous hairs.
THE MANUAL OF THE BOTANY OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATESASA GRAYHaving seeds with longitudinally involute margins, as in some Umbellifer.
THE MANUAL OF THE BOTANY OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATESASA GRAYInvolute: both edges rolled in toward the midrib on the upper side.
TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATESAUSTIN C. APGARInvolute, which is the same but the margins rolled inward, as in most of the large-flowered species of Clematis, Fig. 279.
THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANYASA GRAYThe olivaceous cap with its peculiar involute margin and its radiating stem will greatly assist in its determination.
THE MUSHROOM, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISEM. E. HARDWORDS RELATED TO INVOLUTE
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