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
Department botanists confirmed that a population of small whorled pogonia has been documented on Winooski Valley Park District conservation land in Chittenden County.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2022
Behind them sat a platter of ice, mounded with dozens of Eel Lake oysters imported from Nova Scotia, their whorled shells colored brown and taupe.
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021
Occasionally lone cicadas whorled around in flight like her little fairy toy, Bluette.
From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2021
She steadies herself against the whorled bird’s-eye maple console table in our foyer, my parents’ first flea market find as a couple, years before they had me.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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