involuted

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

IN'VOLUTED, adjective [Latin involutus, involvo. See Involve.] In botany, rolled spirally inwards. involuted foliation or venation, is when the leaves within the bud have their edges rolled spirally inwards on both sides towards the upper surface.
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