| verticil | <botany> A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl. Alternative forms: verticel. Origin: L. Verticillus, dim. Of vertex a whirl: cf. F. Verticille. See Vertex. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| verticillaster | <botany> A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. Origin: NL, fr. L. Verticillus a whirl + aster a star. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| verticillate | <botany> Arranged in one or more whorls. (09 Oct 1997) |
| verticillated | <botany> Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell. See: Verticil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| verticillium | <fungus> Verticillium is a genus of fungi (class Hyphomycetes) that cause many different wilt diseases in plants and infections in humans. (09 Oct 1997) |
| verticillus | <botany> A whorl; a verticil. Origin: L, a whirl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |