Definition for OB'VOL-UTE, or OB'VO-LU-TED

OB'VOL-UTE, or OB'VO-LU-TED, a. [L. obvolutus, obvolvo; ob and volvo, to roll.]

In botany, obvolute foliation is when the margins of the leaves alternately embrace the straight margin of the opposite leaf. Martyn.

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