convoluted

Adjective
  1. Rolled longitudinally upon itself (synset 302325478)
    "a convolute petal"
    referred to in: botany, phytology - the branch of biology that studies plants
    similar to: coiled - curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals)
    same as: convolute
  2. Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (synset 302184401)
    "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
    similar to: complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
    same as: byzantine, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous

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