From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Convoluted \Con"vo*lu`ted\, a.
1. Having convolutions.
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beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn.
--Pennant.
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2. Folded in tortuous windings.
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A highly convoluted brain. --North Amer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of {uncoiled}.
Note: [Narrower terms: {coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled}; {convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself};{curled, curled up};
{involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured)}; {looped, whorled}; {twined, twisted};
{convoluted}; {involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; {wound}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
convoluted
adj 1: rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal"
[syn: {convolute}, {convoluted}]
2: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the
Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on
to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language";
"convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a
knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering";
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott;
"tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting
for months" [syn: {Byzantine}, {convoluted}, {involved},
{knotty}, {tangled}, {tortuous}]
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