verticillate

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adjective

Forming or having whorls

Similar
verticillatedwhorledcyclic
OriginLatin verticillātus →
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Meanings

adjectiveverticillate (comparative more verticillate, superlative most verticillate)

comparative more verticillate · superlative most verticillate

  1. biologyForming or having whorls

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveforming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)

Similar
verticillatedwhorledcyclic
Also see
cyclicwhorled

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinvertex
  2. Latinverticillus
  3. Latinverticillātus
  4. Englishverticillate

Borrowed from Latin verticillātus.

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Translations

Catalan verticil·lat
  • verticil·latforming or having whorls
French verticillé
  • verticilléforming or having whorls
Italian verticillate
  • verticillateforming or having whorls
Latin verticillatus
  • verticillatusforming or having whorls
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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