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whorled, a.|hwɔːld, hwɜːld|
[f. whorl n. + -ed2.]
Having, or arranged in, a whorl or whorls; (of leaves, flowers, etc.) verticillate; (of a shell, etc.) convoluted, turbinate.
1776J. Lee Introd. Bot. Explan. Terms 392 Verticill[at]us, whorled, many Flowers growing round the Stalk in a Circle. 1828J. E. Smith Engl. Flora II. 59 S[ium] verticillatum, Whorled Water-parsnep. Leaflets in numerous, linear,..whorled segments. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 572 The Galiaceæ are..distinguished..by their whorled exstipulate leaves. 1867Murchison Siluria viii. (ed. 4) 164 The large Whorled Shell..has proved..to be a true Lower-Silurian Maclurea. 1873C. H. Ralfe Phys. Chem. 17 Crystals which arrange themselves in whorled groups.
So † ˈwhorling, † ˈwhorlish adjs., rare, forming or constituting a whorl.
1562Turner Herbal ii. 55 Comen rede fish mynt..with whorlish circles goyng about the stalck. 1578Lyte Dodoens ii. lxxxi. 256 The floures..growing in whorling knoppes rounde aboute the stalkes. |