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Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) The fly of a spindle.

Quadrifoliate :: Quadrifoliate (a.) Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.

Whorler :: Whorler (n.) A potter's wheel.

Verticillated :: Verticillated (a.) Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell..

Volution :: Volution (n.) A whorl of a spiral shell.

Sutured :: Suture (n.) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell..

Paucispiral :: Paucispiral (a.) Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or shell..

Chara :: Chara (n.) A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places..

Spire :: Spire (n.) A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.

Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell..

Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A whorl. See Whorl.

Gyration :: Gyration (n.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

Discoid :: Discoid (a.) Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus..

Water Milfoil :: Water milfoil () Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions..

Mare''s-tail :: Mare's-tail (n.) An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls..

Involucre :: Involucre (n.) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head..

Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells..

Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem..

Whorled :: Whorled (a.) Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves..

Spur-shell :: Spurry (n.) An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder..

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