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Antonyms for whorled
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : hwurld, hwawrld, wurld, wawrld |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʰwɜrld, ʰwɔrld, wɜrld, wɔrld |
Definition of whorled
- As in spiral : adj curling, winding
- As in round : verb make curved; remove angles
- As in swirl : verb spin around
- The tetraspores are attached to the inner side of whorled branchlets.
- Extract from : « The Sea Shore » by William S. Furneaux
- Turbinate: Shaped like a whipping-top; whorled from a broad base to an apex.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- In the case of the dandelion, a rosette or whorled cluster of leaves is found.
- Extract from : « A Civic Biology » by George William Hunter
- On the other hand, the whorled character of the core can hardly fail to be recognised.
- Extract from : « Finger Prints » by Francis Galton
- Its fragrant little yellow flowers are in whorled, axillary cymes, each cluster having from six to eight blossoms.
- Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
- The side branches, also whorled, are generally flattened into a horizontal spray.
- Extract from : « Trees Worth Knowing » by Julia Ellen Rogers
- No, that would be next to impossible, for he'd be cutting into the whorled and twisted grain at the base of the supporting fork.
- Extract from : « The World That Couldn't Be » by Clifford Donald Simak
- Submerged aquatics, with whorled, finely dissected leaves and inconspicuous flowers with neither calyx nor corolla.
- Extract from : « The Plants of Michigan » by Henry Allan Gleason
- Prostrate herbs, with whorled leaves and small whitish axillary flowers without petals, in summer.
- Extract from : « The Plants of Michigan » by Henry Allan Gleason
- Herbs, with opposite or whorled entire leaves, and stems frequently swollen at the nodes.
- Extract from : « The Plants of Michigan » by Henry Allan Gleason
Synonyms for whorled
- agitate
- arch
- bend
- boil
- bow
- churn
- circling
- circular
- circumvoluted
- cochlear
- coil
- coiled
- convolute
- corkscrew
- crimp
- crisp
- crook
- curl
- curled
- curve
- eddy
- form
- helical
- helicoid
- loop
- mold
- perfect
- polish
- purl
- radial
- recurve
- refine
- roil
- roll
- rolled
- screw-shaped
- scrolled
- shape
- sleek
- slick
- smooth
- snake
- surge
- swoosh
- tendrillar
- tortile
- twirl
- voluted
- whirl
- whirlpool
- whorl
- whorled
- wound
- wriggle
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