curlicue

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

curlicue
    n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as
         formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: {coil}, {whorl},
         {roll}, {curl}, {curlicue}, {ringlet}, {gyre}, {scroll}]
    2: a short twisting line [syn: {squiggle}, {curlicue}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

curlicue \curl"i*cue\ (k?rl"?-k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.]
   Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on
   paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome
   caper. [Sometimes written {curlycue} or {carlicue}.] [
   Colloq. U.S.]
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "curlicue":
      cirrus, coil, corkscrew, curl, evolute, gyre, helix, involute,
      kink, ringlet, roll, screw, scroll, spiral, swirl, tendril, twirl,
      twist, volute, volution, vortex, whirl, whorl

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