[tur.bi.nate] also tur.bi.nat.ed adj [L turbinatus, fr. turbin-, turbo] (1661) 1: shaped like a top or an inverted cone "~ seed capsule"
2: relating to or being a turbinate
[2]turbinate n (ca. 1803): one of usu. several thin plicated membrane-covered bony or cartilaginous plates on the walls of the nasal chambers