Involuted vs Ostiole - What's the difference?
involuted | ostiole |
(involute)
(formal) Difficult to understand; complicated.
(botany) Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward.
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(biology, of shells) Having a complex pattern of coils.
(biology) Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the Cyprea.
(biology) Rolled inward spirally.
To roll or curl inwards.
(geometry) A curve that cuts all tangents of another curve at right angles; traced by a point on a string that unwinds from a curved object.
(mycology) A small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.
(botany) A similar hole or opening in plants, such as the opening of the involuted fig inflorescence through which fig wasps enter to pollinate and breed.
As a verb involuted
is (involute).As a noun ostiole is
(mycology) a small hole or opening through which certain fungi release their mature spores.involuted
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(head)involute
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Adjective
(wikipedia involute) (en adjective)- Furthermore, the free anterior margin of the lobule is arched toward the lobe and is often involute
