Verticillate

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(Bot. & Zool.) Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell.

Adj.

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verticillate - forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem) Synonyms: verticillated, whorled

cyclic, verticillated, whorled