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contorted: twisted; a form of imbricate aestivation in which each segment has one edge overlapping the next segment. Fig. 11 E.



Fig. 11. Vernation and Aestivation. A, circinate; B, equitant; C, conduplicate; D, convolute; E, contorted; F, imbricate; G, valvate; H, induplicate; I, plicate.
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