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supervolute, a. Bot.|ˈs(j)uːpəvəl(j)uːt|
[ad. L. supervolūtus, pa. pple. of supervolvĕre, f. super- super- 2 + volvĕre to roll.]
Applied to convolute leaves one of which envelops another in the bud, or to vernation in which this occurs; also to the lobes of a gamopetalous corolla each of which overlaps the next in the bud like convolute petals, or to æstivation in which this occurs.
1832Lindley Introd. Bot. 410 Supervolute (supervolutiva). 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 146 When a convolute leaf encloses another which is rolled up in a like manner,..the vernation is supervolute. 1880A. Gray Struct. Bot. iv. §2. (ed. 6) 139 In Convolvulus and Datura the narrow plaits in the flower-bud overlap one another in a convolute way, when they are said to be Supervolute.
So ˈsupervolutive a. [ad. mod.L. supervolūtīvus, see above and -ive], applied to vernation or æstivation in which the leaves or corolla-lobes are supervolute.
1866Treas. Bot. 1111/1. |