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单词 whorled
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whorledadj.

Brit. /wəːld/, /wɔːld/, U.S. /(h)wɔrld/, /(h)wərld/
Etymology: < whorl n. + -ed suffix2.
Having, or arranged in, a whorl or whorls; (of leaves, flowers, etc.) verticillate; (of a shell, etc.) convoluted, turbinate.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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