- A
whorl (/wɜːrl/ or /wɔːrl/) is an
individual circle, oval,
volution or
equivalent in a
whorled pattern,
which consists of a
spiral or
multiple concentric...
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sometimes whorled,
normally positioned on the
bottom of the spindle. The
spinner spins the
resulting weighted spindle up to speed,
which the
whorl maintains...
- In botany, a
whorl or
verticil is a
whorled arrangement of leaves, sepals, petals, stamens, or
carpels that
radiate from a
single point and
surround or...
- A hair
whorl is a
patch of hair
growing in a
circular direction around a
visible center point. Hair
whorls occur in most
hairy animals, on the body as...
- A
whorl is a single,
complete 360°
revolution or turn in the
spiral or
whorled growth of a
mollusc s****. A
spiral configuration of the s**** is found...
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cephalopod mollusk. In gastropods, the body
whorl, or last
whorl, is the most
recently formed and
largest whorl (or revolution) of a
spiral or
helical s****...
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Whorled milkwort is a
common name for
several plants and may
refer to:
Polygala ambigua,
flowering plant in the
milkwort family first described in 1818...
- of
milkweed known by the
common names narrowleaf milkweed and
Mexican whorled milkweed. It is a
perennial herb that
grows in a
variety of habitats. Asclepias...
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Hydrocotyle verticillata, also
known as
whorled pennywort,
whorled marshpennywort or
shield pennywort, is a
flowering plant found in
South and
North America...
- and as far
north as Québec and Ontario. The
common names are
whorled tickseed,
whorled coreopsis, thread-leaved tickseed,
thread leaf coreopsis, and...
