Verticillate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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