'Turbinated' definitions:

Definition of 'Turbinated'

From: GCIDE
  • Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, Turbinated \Tur"bi*na`ted\, a. [L. turbinatus, fr. turbo, turben, turbinis, a whirl, top.]
  • 1. Whirling in the manner of a top. [1913 Webster]
  • A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Anat.) Turbinal. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells. [1913 Webster]

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