whorled
1. in the shape of a coil • Syn: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, turbinate • Similar to: coiled • Derivationally related forms: volute (for: volute), helix (for: helical) 2. forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem) • Syn: verticillate, verticillated • Similar to: cyclic
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