Whorl vs Verticillaster - What's the difference?
whorl | verticillaster |
A pattern of concentric circles.
(botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
(zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
(archaic) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, compare 1460.
To form a pattern of concentric circles.
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(botany) A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint.
(Webster 1913)
In botany terms the difference between whorl and verticillaster
is that whorl is a circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem while verticillaster is a whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint.As nouns the difference between whorl and verticillaster
is that whorl is a pattern of concentric circles while verticillaster is a whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint.As a verb whorl
is to form a pattern of concentric circles.whorl
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References
* * *whorl, Glossary of Terms, American Rhododendron Society English terms with homophones