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Word: whorl (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A pattern of concentric circles.
  • archaic A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, cf. 1460.
  • botany A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
  • zoology A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.

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