involuted

/ˈɪnvəˌlutɪd/
adjective
  1. Extremely complicated, intricate, or difficult to understand.
    • The plot of that novel is involuted, with many twists and layers.
    • She tried to simplify the involuted instructions for the new software.
    • The professor's explanation was so involuted that most students got confused.
  2. Rolled or curled inward, as in the edges of a leaf or a shell.
    • The biologist studied the involuted petals of the rare flower.
    • Some seashells have an involuted shape that coils inward.
    • The fern's involuted fronds slowly unfurled in the spring.
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