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turbinate

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Adjective, Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun turbinate has 1 sense

Adjective turbinate has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

turbinatev. i. 
     To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.  [1913 Webster]
turbinatea. [L. turbinatus, fr. turbo, turben, turbinis, a whirl, top.].
  •  Whirling in the manner of a top.  [1913 Webster]
    "A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole."  [1913 Webster]
  •  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]
  •  Turbinal.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

turbinate, adj.
1 shaped like a spinning-top or inverted cone.
2 (of a shell) with whorls decreasing rapidly in size.
3 Anat. (esp. of some nasal bones) shaped like a scroll.

Derivative
turbinal adj. turbination n.
Etymology
L turbinatus (as TURBINE)
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