单词 | whorled |
释义 | whorledadj. Having, or arranged in, a whorl or whorls; (of leaves, flowers, etc.) verticillate; (of a shell, etc.) convoluted, turbinate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > spiral or scroll-like turbinated1615 involute1661 turbinate1661 whorled1776 involuted1816 turbiniform1826 turbinaceous1842 inrolled1881 turbinal1883 1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Explan. Terms 392 Verticill[at]us, whorled, many Flowers growing round the Stalk in a Circle. 1828 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (ed. 2) II. 59 S[ium] verticillatum, Whorled Water-parsnep. Leaflets in numerous, linear,..whorled segments. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 572 The Galiaceæ are..distinguished..by their whorled exstipulate leaves. 1867 R. I. Murchison Siluria (new ed.) viii. 164 The large Whorled Shell..has proved beyond a doubt to be a true Lower-Silurian Maclurea. 1873 C. H. Ralfe Outl. Physiol. Chem. 17 Crystals which arrange themselves in whorled groups. Derivatives ˈwhorling adj. = whorlish adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] rollingc1400 whorling1578 wreathing1584 twininga1593 wreathy1644 volvulous1657 coiling1718 vining1806 swirling1807 convolutionary1903 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxxi. 256 The floures..growing in whorling knoppes rounde aboute the stalkes. † †ˈwhorlish adj. Obsolete rare forming or constituting a whorl. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > disposed in or forming (a) coil(s) twinedc1300 wounda1382 wreathenc1400 wrinkledc1403 wreathedc1425 whorlish1562 folded1570 writhen1584 upwound1590 entortilled1629 coiled1661 whirled1715 whirl-shaped1762 crinkum-crankum1766 convoluted1811 gyrated1822 rounded1845 vorticiform1849 looped1850 vorticose1870 convolute1874 gyrate1876 swirled1909 snake-spiral1922 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 55 Comen rede fish mynt..with whorlish circles goyng about the stalck. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1562 |
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