Whorled

/wɜːld/

Synonyms for "whorled" (63 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Adjective(4 words)

spiral coil coiled coiling

ambagious anfractuous circuitous circumlocutory cochlear cochleate convolutional corkscrew corkscrewy

Strong matches (19)

flexuose flexuous helical helicoid involute involuted involutional labyrinthine mazy meandering meandrous rivose rivulose roundabout ruffled screw-shaped scrolled

Adjective(2 words)

helicalin whorls

Related words (31)

serpentine sigmoid sinuate sinuose sinuous snaky spiral spiroid torsional tortile tortuous turbinal turbinate turning twisting twisty verticillate volute voluted winding

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wreathlike wreathy

Adjective(9 words)

spiraling spiralling turbinate verticillate verticillated volute voluted whorlwhorl arrangement

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More general

4 entries

arrangeleaf arrangementpatternshell morphology

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5 entries

coiled shellflower whorlleaf whorlspiral shellwhorl of leaves

Collocations

8 entries

flower whorlleaf whorlwhorl patternwhorled arrangementwhorled inflorescencewhorled leaveswhorled patternwhorled phyllotaxy

Inflections

4 entries

more whorledmost whorledwhorling whorls

Derivations

1 entries

similar

2 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

[A]cross the gannet’s bath, over the broad sea, whorled prows will bring presents and tokens.

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