Turbinate
Turbinate , intransitive verb
To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [Rare]
Turbinate , adjective
[Latin turbinatus, from turbo, turben, turbinis, a whirl, top.]
1.
Whirling in the manner of a top.
A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole.
2.
(Botany) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.
3.
(Anatomy) Turbinal.
4.
(Zoology) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
Also: Turbinated