Verticil

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A circular arrangement, as of flowers, leaves, or hairs, growing about a central point; a whorl.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A whorl, a group of similar parts such as leaves radiating from a shared axis
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, a whorl: applied to organs, as leaves or tlowers, that are disposed in a circle or ring around an axis.
  • n. In zoology, a whorl, or circular set of parts radiating from an axis: as, a verticil of hairs, tentacles, or processes.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a whorl of leaves growing around a stem
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    roll    whorl    curlicue    ringlet    scroll    curl    coil    gyre   
    Variant
    verticel   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    whorl