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VERTICIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does verticil mean? 

VERTICIL (noun)
  The noun VERTICIL has 1 sense:

1. a whorl of leaves growing around a stemplay

  Familiarity information: VERTICIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VERTICIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A whorl of leaves growing around a stem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("verticil" is a kind of...):

coil; curl; curlicue; gyre; ringlet; roll; scroll; whorl (a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals))


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