(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:16:08

Ver"ti*cil (?), n. [L. verticillus, dim. of vertex a whirl: cf. F. verticille. See Vertex.] Bot.

A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl.

[Written also verticel.]

 

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