WHORLED

verticillate, verticillated, whorled

(adjective) forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)

coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate

(adjective) in the shape of a coil

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

whorled (comparative more whorled, superlative most whorled)

formed from whorls; having whorls

Source: Wiktionary


Whorled, a.

Definition: Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.

WHORL

Whorl, n. Etym: [OE. whorvil the whirl of a spindle; akin to AS. hweorfa the whirl of a spindle, hweorfan to turn; cf. OD. worvel the whirl of a spindle. See Whirl, n. & v.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.

3. (Spinning)

Definition: The fly of a spindle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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