verticillaster

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noun

A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint.

OriginLatin verticillus →
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Meanings

nounverticillaster (plural verticillasters)

plural verticillasters

  1. biologyA whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint.

Origin

  1. Latinverticillus“a whirl”
  2. Englishverticillaster

Latin verticillus (“a whirl”) + aster (“a star”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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verticillaster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verticillaster

MLA

“verticillaster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verticillaster. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verticillaster,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verticillaster.

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