VERTICIL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A whorl of leaves growing around a stem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("verticil" is a kind of...):

coil; curl; curlicue; gyre; ringlet; roll; scroll; whorl (a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals))

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