turbinate

/tur-buh-nit, -neyt/US // ˈtɜr bə nɪt, -ˌneɪt //UK // (ˈtɜːbɪnɪt, -ˌneɪt) //

鼻甲骨,鼻甲骨架,鼻甲,颅骨

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

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- : Also tur·bi·nat·ed. having the shape of an inverted cone; scroll-like; whorled; spiraled.
- : Anatomy. of or relating to certain scroll-like, spongy bones of the nasal passages in humans and other vertebrates.
- : inversely conical.

n.名词 noun

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- : a turbinate shell.
- : Also called nasal concha. Anatomy. a turbinate bone.

Achenes short, turbinate to linear; pappus simple, of numerous unequal bristles.
Turbinate or top-shaped, and pyriform or pear-shaped, are especially applicable to pears, and seldom to apples.
Spikelets are 2- to 3-flowered, distichously racemed, narrowly turbinate, villous.
Your tone passages may be partly closed by enlarged tonsils, adenoids, or enlarged turbinate bones of the nose.
Fruit, a little turbinate, or top-shaped, somewhat resembling a quince.