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VERTICIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does verticil mean?
• VERTICIL (noun)
The noun VERTICIL has 1 sense:
1. a whorl of leaves growing around a stem
Familiarity information: VERTICIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A whorl of leaves growing around a stem
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("verticil" is a kind of...):
coil; curl; curlicue; gyre; ringlet; roll; scroll; whorl (a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals))
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