- 1. a. Whirling in the manner of a top. Source: opted
- 2. a. Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root. Source: opted
- 3. a. Turbinal. Source: opted
- 4. a. Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells. Source: opted
- 5. 1. Whirling in the manner of a top. A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. Bentley. 2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root. 3. (Anat.) Turbinal. 4. (Zoöl.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells. Source: webster
- 6. a. Whirling in the manner of a top. a. Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root. a. Turbinal. a. Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells. Source: ecdict
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