ver·ti·cil (vûr t -sl )n. A circular arrangement, as of flowers, leaves, or hairs, growing about a central point; a whorl. [Latin verticillus, the whorl of a spindle, diminutive of vertex, vertic-, highest point; see vertex.] |
verticil [ˈvɜːtɪsɪl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology a circular arrangement of parts about an axis, esp leaves around a stem
[from Latin verticillus whorl (of a spindle), from vertex]
Verticil a number or set of organs or parts of items arranged in a circle or round an axis, 1793.
Examples: verticil of beads, 1703; of branches, 1881; of leaves, 1872.
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