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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
contorted
    adj 1: twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad
           contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"-
           Walter scott [syn: contorted, writhed, writhen]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Contorted \Con*tort"ed\, a.
   1. Twisted, or twisted together. "A contorted chain of
      icicles." --Massinger.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Bot.)
      (a) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants.
      (b) Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in
          contorted or convolute [ae]stivation.
          [1913 Webster]
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