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>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Involute \In"vo*lute\, Involuted \In"vo*lu`ted\, a. [L. involutus,
p. p. of involvere. See {Involve}.] 1. (Bot.) Rolled inward from the
edges;
-- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in
[ae]stivation. --Gray.
2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip
of the Cyprea. (b) Rolled inward spirally.
>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Involute \In"vo*lute\, n. (Geom.) A curve traced by the end of a
string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also
{evolvent}. See {Evolute}.
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