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verticillate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective verticillate has 1 sense
- verticillate(s = adj.all) verticillated, whorled - forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem); Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
verticillate, a. [See Verticil.].
Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell. [1913 Webster]
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