Verticillate

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Forming or having whorls
Adjective
  1. 1
    forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem) wordnet

Synonyms

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anfractuouscorkscrewhelicalspiralverticillatedverticillated

Etymology

From Latin verticillātus.

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