VERTICIL

verticil. Verticil, n. a whirl, a species of inflorescence in which the flower grows in a whirl or ring

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Ver″ti‐cil (?), n. [[L. verticillus, dim. of vertex a whirl: cf. F. verticille. See Vertex.]] (Bot.) A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl. [Written also verticel.]