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Definition of "verticil" []

  • A circular arrangement, as of flowers, leaves, or hairs, growing about a central point; a whorl. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "verticil" in a sentence
  • "In one instance the pseudo leaf divided, and from the division proceeded a little axis, bearing at its summit a verticil of pseudo leaves."
  • "The carpels of the latter are wholly coalescent as in a pear, while those of the upper verticil are only partially coherent or sometimes quite distinct."
  • "= -- A diminished number of leaves in a whorl occasionally takes place; thus, in some of the _Stellatæ_, and frequently in _Paris quadrifolia_, the number of leaves in the verticil is reduced."