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verticillate

[ ver-tis-uh-lit, -leyt, vur-tuh-sil-eyt, -it ]

adjective

, Biology.
  1. disposed in or forming verticils or whorls, as flowers or hairs.
  2. having flowers, hairs, etc., so arranged or disposed.


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Other Words From

  • ver·tic·il·late·ly adverb
  • ver·tic·il·la·tion [ver-tis-, uh, -, ley, -sh, uh, n], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of verticillate1

1660–70; < Latin verticill ( us ) verticil + -ate 1
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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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