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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COCHLEATE; COCHLEATED

Coch "le *ate, Coch "le *a `ted, a. Etym: [L. cochleatus spiral or screw- formed. See Cochlea. ]

 

Defn: Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cochleate

coch le ate |ˈkäklēit, -ˌāt ˈkɑkliɪt |(also cochleated ) ▶adjective chiefly Botany formed like a spiral shell; twisted.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cochleate

coch le ate |ˈkäklēit, -ˌāt ˈkɑkliɪt |(also cochleated ) ▶adjective chiefly Botany formed like a spiral shell; twisted.