Turbinate /(?)/

Tur·bi·nate

Turbinate

v. i.
  1. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]

Turbinate

a.
  1. Whirling in the manner of a top.
    A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole.
  2. Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root. (Bot.)
  3. Turbinal. (Anat.)
  4. Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells. (Zool.)