Whorled
/wɜːld/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Formed from whorls; having whorls.
"[A]cross the gannet’s bath, over the broad sea, whorled prows will bring presents and tokens."
Adjective
- 1 forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem) wordnet
- 2 in the shape of a coil wordnet
Example
More examples"[A]cross the gannet’s bath, over the broad sea, whorled prows will bring presents and tokens."
Etymology
From whorl + -ed.