verticillate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

verticillate
    adj 1: forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves
           around a stem) [syn: {verticillate}, {verticillated},
           {whorled}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Verticillate \Ver*tic"il*late\ (?; 277), Verticillated
\Ver*tic"il*la`ted\, a. [See {Verticil}.] (Bot. & Zool.)
   Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a
   wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate
   shell.
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