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verticillate
[ ver-tis-uh-lit, -leyt, vur-tuh-sil-eyt, -it ]
adjective
- disposed in or forming verticils or whorls, as flowers or hairs.
- having flowers, hairs, etc., so arranged or disposed.
Other Words From
- ver·tic·il·late·ly adverb
- ver·tic·il·la·tion [ver-tis-, uh, -, ley, -sh, uh, n], noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of verticillate1
Example Sentences
Seeds 3, pendulous.—Slender, mainly submersed, with opposite or verticillate capillary-dissected leaves, a few floating, alternate and centrally peltate.
Most of the species are North American herbs, having opposite, alternate, or verticillate leaves.
Leaves 1 to 2 in. long, very sharply acute, pale green color, spreading, 4-sided, straight, rigid, slightly glaucous beneath; branches horizontal; branchlets remotely verticillate, numerous, drooping, with light-colored bark.
Growth of wood and fruit emanating from the nodes; buds, branchlets and cones, therefore, in verticillate association.
Cells of the same number as the styles, verticillate, with solitary seeds.
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