Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in æstivation.
a. (L. cum, together; volvere, to wind) said of parts rolled or twisted together when in an undeveloped stage, as in some corollas in the bud stage.
( leaves) - Sheathing or rolled within one another.
curl, wind, or twist together
rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal"
rolled up lengthwise. cordate heart-shaped or "Valentine"-shaped.
rolled up longitudinally.
of the arrangement of corolla lobes in a bud, a form of imbricate aestivation in which each segment has one edge overlapping the adjacent segment, like a furled umbrella.