Look up: whorl

1. whorl
   An arrangement of appendages, such as branches or leaves, such that all are equally spaced around the stem at the same point, much like the spokes of a wheel or the ribs of an umbrella
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2. Whorl
   Where three or more organs are arranged around a node.
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3. Whorl
   A circular arrangement of three or more leaves, flowers, or other parts at the same point or level.
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4. Whorl
   Whorl noun [ Middle English whorvil the whirl of a spindle; akin to Anglo-Saxon hweorfa the whirl of a spindle, hweorfan to turn; confer OD. worvel the whirl of a spindle. See Whirl , noun & v....
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5. whorl
   <botany> A ring of leaves, bracts or floral parts borne at the same level on a main stem. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
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6. whorl
   (hwerl) a spiral arrangement, as in the ridges on the finger that make up a fingerprint.
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7. Whorl
   • (n. & v.) A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem. • (n. & v.) The fly of a spindle. • (n. & v.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
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8. whorl
   (from the article `gastropod`) The typical snail has a calcareous shell coiled in a spiral pattern around a central axis called the columella. Generally, the coils, or whorls, ...
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9. Whorl
   In botany, a whorl is a radial arrangement of three or more petals, stamens, leaves, &c., around a stem. In zoology a whorl is a single turn in a spiral shell.
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10. whorl
    Type: Term Pronunciation: wŏrl Definitions: 1. A turn of the spiral cochlea of the ear. 2. A turn of a concha nasalis. 3. An area of hair growing in a radial manner suggesting whirling or twisting. 4. One of the distinguishing patterns composing the Galton system of classification of fingerprin...
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11. Whorl
    (mollusc) with 3¾ whorls is shown, with the fourth whorl expanding more rapidly than whorls 1-3.<ref name="Janssen 2007"/> A `whorl` is a single, complete 360° revolution or turn in the spiral growth of a mollusc shell. A spiral configuration of the shell is found in of num...
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