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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024whorled (hwûrld, hwôrld, wûrld, wôrld),USA pronunciation adj. - Invertebrateshaving a whorl or whorls.
- Botanydisposed in the form of a whorl, as leaves.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024whorl /hwɜrl, hwɔrl, wɜrl, wɔrl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Botanya circular arrangement of similar parts, as of leaves.
- one of the central ridges of a fingerprint.
whorled, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024whorl (hwûrl, hwôrl, wûrl, wôrl),USA pronunciation n. - Botanya circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis;
verticil. - Invertebratesone of the turns or volutions of a spiral shell.
- anything shaped like a coil.
- one of the central ridges of a fingerprint, forming at least one complete circle.
- Textilesa flywheel or pulley, as for a spindle.
- late Middle English whorle, whorvil, wharwyl, Old English hwyrfel, equivalent. to hweorfa whorl of a spindle + -el noun, nominal suffix 1425–75
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