whorl

Preposition: of

• flower: A close-up of a whorl of flowers is shown on the right.
• branch: All had the unique straight stems with whorls of branches at regular intervals.
• leave: In general shape they resemble palm trees, with a thick central stem and a whorl of huge leaves at the top.
• hair: Whorl Generally speaking a whorl is a circular or spiral feature, like a whorl of hair, or the spiral pattern in fingerprints.

Converse of object

• have: We often have 5-8 whorls of flowers over the season.
• produce: The erect, flowering stems appear from July to late autumn and produce dense whorls of lilac flowers with a strong and pungent smell.
• make: Spindle Whorl A spindle whorl made from the top of a cow's leg bone.

Adjective modifier

• dense: The erect, flowering stems appear from July to late autumn and produce dense whorls of lilac flowers with a strong and pungent smell.
• outer: The ' trumpet ' is often a darker yellow and nearly as long as the outer whorl of petals.
• tiny: There is a large degraded Kufic inscription around the interior walls, reserved in white against a background of tiny luster whorls.

Modifies a noun

• snail: Each species of whorl snail has its own characteristic pattern of ' teeth ' inside the opening of the shell.

Noun used with modifier

• spindle: The archeologists found spindle whorls which are used to make the end of a long stick, or spindle, heavier.
• leaf: Its four-petalled flowers, which arise from the base of the leaf whorls, bloom above the water surface typically in June-September.