"verticil" meaning in English

See verticil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: verticils [plural]
Etymology: From Latin verticillum. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|verticillum}} Latin verticillum Head templates: {{en-noun}} verticil (plural verticils)
  1. (chiefly botany) A whorl, a group of similar parts such as leaves radiating from a shared axis

Inflected forms

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