cochleate means having the form of a snail's shell; spiral; turbinated. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From Latin cochleatus (“spiral or screw-formed”). See cochlea.
adj
- Having the form of a snail's shell; spiral; turbinated
noun
- A particulate composed of lipid bilayers rolled up into a spiral