cochleateadj.
/ˈkɒkliːeɪt//ˈkɒkliːət/ Formed like a spiral shell; twisted, spiral. (Chiefly Botany.)
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whelkeda1560
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cochleary1646
cochleous1694
helicoid1704
cochleateda1728
cochleate1835
helicoidal1864
1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 348 Cochleate, twisted in a short spire, so as to resemble the convolutions of a snail shell.
1859 C. Dresser Rudim. Bot. 382 Cochleate legume..when the legume is twisted. Ex. Lucerne.
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- olivary complex
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