| a. | 1. | (Bot.) Rolled inward from the edges; - said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in æstivation. |
| 2. | (Zool.) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. | |
| n. | 1. | (Geom.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; - called also |
| Adj. | 1. | involute - especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward Synonyms: rolled |
| 2. | involute - (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured |