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Definition of Whorled

Whorled
Whorled Whorled, a. Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.
Whorl
Whorl Whorl, n. [OE. whorvil the whirl of a spindle; akin to AS. hweorfa the whirl of a spindle, hweorfan to turn; cf. OD. worvel the whirl of a spindle. See Whirl, n. & v.] 1. (Bot.) A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell. 3. (Spinning) The fly of a spindle.

Meaning of Whorled from wikipedia

- A whorl (/wɜːrl/ or /wɔːrl/) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric...
- In botany, a whorl or verticil is a whorled arrangement of leaves, sepals, petals, stamens, or carpels that radiate from a single point and surround or...
- A whorl is a single, complete 360° revolution or turn in the spiral or whorled growth of a mollusc s****. A spiral configuration of the s**** is found...
- A hair whorl is a patch of hair growing in a circular direction around a visible center point. Hair whorls occur in most hairy animals, on the body as...
- cephalopod mollusk. In gastropods, the body whorl, or last whorl, is the most recently formed and largest whorl (or revolution) of a spiral or helical s****...
- spindle whorl is a weighted object ****ed to a spindle to help maintain the spindle's speed of rotation while spinning yarn. A spindle whorl may be a...
- Whorled milkwort is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Polygala ambigua, flowering plant in the milkwort family first described in 1818...
- A whorl is a type of spiral pattern. Whorl may also refer to: Whorl (album) Whorl (botany) Whorl (mollusc) Whorl Mountain This disambiguation page lists...
- whorled horses. Lundy ponies with 'left' whorls score highly on calmness, placidness, enthusiasm and friendliness, whereas those with 'right' whorls score...
- other symbols instead of runes. The Saltfleetby spindle-whorl (Rundata: E18) is a lead spindle-whorl uncovered in Lincolnshire in England of an Anglo-Scandinavian...