obvolvent

== English == === Etymology === From Latin obvolvēns/obvolvō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑbˈvɑl.vənt/ === Adjective === obvolvent (comparative more obvolvent, superlative most obvolvent) Curved downward or inward. 2014, Method for Controlling Pests, Derong Ding, Jie Pang, Chao Han, US Patent application 20140242048A1 Eggs mainly locate at the inside of leaf sheaths of the second and third segments near the ground of the corn plants of which the haulm is slimmer and the obvolvent of the leaf sheath is not tight, which can account for more than 80% of oviposition amount. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:obvolvent. === References === “obvolvent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “obvolvent”, in Collins English Dictionary. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “obvolvent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Latin == === Verb === obvolvent third-person plural future active indicative of obvolvō