rolled longitudinally upon itself; a convolute petal

[ Syn: convolute ]

highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; 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- Sir Walter Scott; tortuous legal procedures; tortuous negotiations lasting for months

[ Syn: byzantine , involved , knotty , tangled , tortuous ]