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rotate Botany designating a corolla the united petals of which radiate from a central point like the spokes of a wheel rotate [′rō‚tāt] (botany) Of a sympetalous corolla, having a short tube and petals radiating like the spokes of a wheel. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| If for example, when my Father, the Triangle, approaches me, he happens to present his side to me instead of his angle, then, until I have asked him to rotate, or until I have edged my eye round him, I am for the moment doubtful whether he may not be a Straight Line, or, in other words, a Woman. A little water made to rotate in a cup explains the formation of the simpler shells; the addition of matter from year to year, arrives at last at the most complex forms; and yet so poor is nature with all her craft, that from the beginning to the end of the universe she has but one stuff, -- but one stuff with its two ends, to serve up all her dream-like variety. |
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