contortuplicate
English
Etymology
From Latin contortuplicatus, from contortus (“contorted”) + plicare (“to fold”).
Adjective
contortuplicate (comparative more contortuplicate, superlative most contortuplicate)
- (botany) Plaited lengthwise and also twisted.
- The bud of the morning glory is contortuplicate.[1]
References
- 1857, Asa Gray, First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology
- contortuplicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913