Etymology
Origin of whorled
Example Sentences
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If there are three or more leaves connected at a node, the leaf arrangement is classified as whorled.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Popp, Marcus, Doubleday, and Gange returned to the site together this spring and confirmed the presence of small whorled pogonia, which was in bloom at the time.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
Occasionally lone cicadas whorled around in flight like her little fairy toy, Bluette.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2021
Its whorled shoots are tiny, typically shorter than eight inches and less than an inch thick.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
Between the sight lines of my raised knees his ear appeared, an amazing organ all its own, whorled and flanged, translucent in the bright lights.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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