Tur"bi*nate (?), v. i. To revolve or
spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
{ Tur"bi*nate (?), Tur"bi*na`ted (?), }
a. [L. turbinatus, turbo, turben,
-inis, a whirl, top.] 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.
Tur"bi*nate (?), v. i. To revolve or
spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
{ Tur"bi*nate (?), Tur"bi*na`ted (?), }
a. [L. turbinatus, turbo, turben,
-inis, a whirl, top.] 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.
