Turbinated

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1. Adjective

Whirling in the manner of a top.

2. Adjective

Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.

3. Adjective

Turbinal.

4. Adjective

Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
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