Verticil Definition

vûrtĭ-sĭl
noun
A circular arrangement of leaves or flowers around a stem; whorl.
Webster's New World

(chiefly botany) A whorl, a group of similar parts such as leaves radiating from a shared axis.

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Other Word Forms of Verticil

Noun

Singular:
verticil
Plural:
verticils

Origin of Verticil

  • Latin verticillus the whorl of a spindle diminutive of vertex vertic- highest point vertex

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin verticillum

    From Wiktionary

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