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cochleate, a.|ˈkɒkliːeɪt, -ət| [ad. L. coc(h)leāt-us screw-formed, spiral, f. coc(h)lea.] Formed like a spiral shell; twisted, spiral. (Chiefly Bot.)
1835Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 348 Cochleate, twisted in a short spire, so as to resemble the convolutions of a snail shell. 1859C. Dresser Rudim. Bot. 382 Cochleate legume..when the legume is twisted. Ex. Lucerne. |