WHORL
\wˈɔːl], \wˈɔːl], \w_ˈɔː_l]\
Definitions of WHORL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
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A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
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The fly of a spindle.
By Oddity Software
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A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
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A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
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The fly of a spindle.
By Noah Webster.
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A circular arrangement of leaves, petals, etc., around a, common center; one of the turns of a spiral shell.
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Whorled.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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An arrangement of a number of leaves or flowers around a stem, in the same plane with each other; a volution or turn of the spire of a univalve.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Any set of organs or appendages arranged in a circle round an axis, and in, or very nearly in, a plane perpendicular to it; a turn of the spire of a univalve shell; leaves arranged in a regular circumference round a stem.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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