[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

convoluted \con"volu`ted\, a.
   1. having convolutions.
      1913 webster

            beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn.
                                                  --pennant.
      1913 webster

   2. folded in tortuous windings.
      1913 webster

            a highly convoluted brain.            --north amer.
                                                  rev.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

coiled \coiled\ koild, adj.
   curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
   as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
   the deck. opposite of uncoiled.

   note: narrower terms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
         volute, voluted, whorled; convolute rolled
         longitudinally upon itself;curled, curled up;
         involute closely coiled so that the axis is
         obscured; looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
         convoluted; involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
         in bud: having margins rolled inward; wound
         wordnet 1.5
see also:
uncoiled coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled convolute rolled longitudinally upon itself curled, curled up involute closely coiled so that the axis is obscured looped, whorled 
twined, twisted convoluted involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves in bud: having margins rolled inward wound 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

convoluted
     adj 1: rolled or coiled together; "a convoluted shell"
     2: highly involved or intricate; "the byzantine tax structure";
        "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning";
        "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined
        phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty
        problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "oh,
        what a tangled web we weave"- sir walter scott; "tortuous
        legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for
        months" syn: byzantine, intricate, involved, knotty,
         labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous
see also:
byzantine intricate involved knotty labyrinthine tangled 
tortuous 

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