tortuose

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adjective

wreathed; twisted; winding

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Meanings

adjectivetortuose (comparative more tortuose, superlative most 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 disk

    1828, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Plants

Origin

See tortuous.

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APA

tortuose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tortuose

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“tortuose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tortuose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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