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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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