a whorl

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whirl
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A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, compare 1460
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A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem
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A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell
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An arrangement of leaves or branches in a circle around a stem or tree trunk
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A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, cf. 1460
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A ring or circle of plant organs arising close together, for example, leaves from a node, or a spiral of conifer branches from a main stem
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A circle of leaves round the stem, as in Bunchberry
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An arrangement of similar anatomical parts (such as leaves) in a circle around a point on an axis
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a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
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is the circular arrangement of three or more flowers, parts of a flower, leaves, or shoots arising from a stem of a plant
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Arranged in a circular pattern, radiating from the center
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A pattern of concentric circles
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Also Spindle whorl A terracotta, stone or metal weight which acts as a flywheel giving momentum to maintain the spindle in motion when spinning An older name for these was pixies' grindstones
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a collection of three or more similar organs projecting from a node (see pictorial glossary)
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A whorl is a spiral shape, for example the pattern on the tips of your fingers. He stared at the whorls and lines of her fingertips. dense whorls of red-purple flowers
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Buds, flowers, leaves or shoots arising from the same node, usually 3 or more
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a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
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A circle of floral organs or branches or leaves at a node
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a strand or cluster of hair
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a number of leaves evenly spaced around the stem
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Three or more leaves at one node, encircling the stem and spreading outward like spokes of a wheel
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A circle of three or more structures radiating outward from the same node For example, pines, spruces, and firs produce a terminal stem called the leader and a major whorl of lateral limbs at the base of the leader each year A node is the place on the stem of the tree where these limbs in the whorl attach
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{i} spiral or circular arrangement of leaves or flowers (Botany); spiral (of a shell, fingerprint, etc.)
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An arrangement of appendages, such as branches or leaves, such that all are equally spaced around the stem at the same point, much like the spokes of a wheel or the ribs of an umbrella
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The fly of a spindle
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Three or more parts attached at the same point along a stem or axis and often surrounding the stem | Return to Alphabet Bar |
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Whorled: An arrangement of leaves where three or more arise from a single node
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three or more leaves radiating from a single point wing expanded ridge as on a stem or fruit; one of the side petals on a pea plant see B
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A circular arrangement of three or more leaves, flowers, or other parts at the same point or level
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Three or more leaves, bracts or flowers attached in a circle or ring at the same point on a stem, like the spokes of a wheel See drawing of leaf arrangements
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or verticel, an arrangement of leaves or flowers arisingfrom the same level on the stem
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a pulley mounted on a spindle
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Two to 10 or more branches growing in a ring at a node, surrounding the central leader or stem
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A group of cells radiating from a common point
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A circle of flowers, parts of a flower, or leaves arising from a single point From the Old English, hweorfan, "to turn "
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A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem
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a ring of branches coming off of a trunk at the same level
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