involute

1. 1.

   especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward

   Synonymsrolled

   Similarcoiled

   botany

2. 2.

   (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured

   Similarcoiled

Questions about involute

What does involute mean?

involute means "especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in involute?

involute has 3 syllables: in-vo-lute. The stress falls on "in".

What is another word for involute?

Close synonyms include rolled. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is involute a common word?

involute is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.