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tortuose

tortuose adjective: wreathed; twisted; winding.

Adjective

tortuose (comparative more tortuose, superlative most tortuose)

  1. wreathed; twisted; winding
    • Crust tartareous or leprose uneven pulverulent, Apothecia roundish dissimilar waved plaited tortuose and variously expanded in the disk1828, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Plants

Forms of tortuose

comparativemore tortuose
superlativemost tortuose

Origin of tortuose

See tortuous.

Questions about tortuose

What does tortuose mean?
Tortuose means wreathed; twisted; winding.
What part of speech is tortuose?
Tortuose is an adjective.

Words near tortuose in the dictionary

  1. tortrix
  2. tortrixes
  3. torts
  4. Tortuga
  5. tortulous
  6. tortuose
  7. tortuosities
  8. tortuosity
  9. tortuous
  10. tortuousity
  11. tortuously

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