whorl
- Noun. A pattern of concentric circles.
- Noun. (botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
- Noun. (zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
- Noun. (archaic) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, compare 1460.
- Verb. (intransitive) To form a pattern of concentric circles.
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