obvoluteadj.
/ˈɒbvəl(j)uːt/, U.S. /ˈɑbvəˌl(j)ut/ Botany.
Designating a form of vernation in which the margins of opposite leaves overlap each other alternately.
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obvolute1760
conduplicate1777
convolute1785
valvate1829
circinate1830
gyrate1830
induplicate1830
supervolute1832
supervolutive1841
rectiserial1849
circinating1857
incubous1857
succubous1857
induplicative1864
convolutive1866
circinal1880
obvolutive1886
tricussate1900
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xvi. 202 Obvolute, rowled against each other; when their respective Margins alternately embrace the strait Margin of the opposite Leaf.
1870 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 2) i. iii. 143 If the half of one conduplicate leaf receives in its fold the half of another folded in the same manner..the vernation is half equitant or obvolute.
1941 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68 499 Fruiting-calyx broadly campanulate, papery, obvolute and subincluding the fruit.
1987 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 74 1495/2 Quite early in ontogeny the mucro becomes prominent, the stipules envelop the shoot tip, and the leaflets expand towards each other, resulting in obvolute vernation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1760