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ˈinvolutive, a. Bot.
[ad. mod.L. involūtīv-us, f. involūt-, ppl. stem of involvĕre to involve: see -ive, and cf. F. involutif (1798 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Characterized by involution; see involute a. 3.
1855Mayne Expos. Lex, Involutivus, applied by Candolle to estivation in which the floral organs are rolled inwards;..to perfoliation where the two bodies of a leaf contained in the bud roll themselves from without inwards:..involutive. |