Verticillaster

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint.

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amentconeheadpine conespike

Etymology

Latin verticillus (“a whirl”) + aster (“a star”).

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