turbinate

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: tur=bi=nate

CIDE DICTIONARY

turbinate, v. i. 

 To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.  [1913 Webster]

turbinate, a. [L. turbinatus, fr. turbo, turben, turbinis, a whirl, top.].

•  Whirling in the manner of a top.  [1913 Webster]

  "A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole."  [1913 Webster]
•  Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.  [1913 Webster]
•  Turbinal.  [1913 Webster]
•  Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

turbinate, adj.
1 shaped like a spinning-top or inverted cone.
2 (of a shell) with whorls decreasing rapidly in size.
3 Anat. (esp. of some nasal bones) shaped like a scroll.

Derivative

turbinal adj. turbination n.

Etymology

L turbinatus (as TURBINE)