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obvolute

adjective as in overlapping

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Obvolute, -d, ob′vo-lūt, -ed, adj. rolled or turned in, as two leaves in a bud, one edge of each out and the other in, as in the poppy.—adj.

Obvolute: folded together, but the opposite leaves half inclosing each other.

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