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Verticil

Verticil Meaning & Definition
Verticil Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Verticil?

[n] a whorl of leaves growing around a stem

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See Also | coil | curl | curlicue | gyre | ringlet | roll | scroll | whorl

Verticil In Webster's Dictionary

\Ver"ti*cil\, n. [L. verticillus, dim. of vertex a whirl: cf. F. verticille. See {Vertex}.] (Bot.) A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl. [Written also {verticel}.]

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