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adj
Forming or having whorls
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: verticillated, whorled
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Latin vertex Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -illus Latin verticillus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin verticillātusbor. English verticillate Borrowed from Latin verticillātus.
Across languages
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