verticillate

[ ver-tis-uh-lit, -leyt, vur-tuh-sil-eyt, -it ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. disposed in or forming verticils or whorls, as flowers or hairs.
2. having flowers, hairs, etc., so arranged or disposed.

Other Words From

• ver·tic·il·late·ly adverb
• ver·tic·il·la·tion [ver-tis-, uh, -, ley, -sh, uh, n], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of verticillate¹

1660–70; < Latin verticill ( us ) verticil + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Herbs or shrubs; leaves simple, entire, opposite with stipules, or verticillate, usually turning black in drying.

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Most of the species are North American herbs, having opposite, alternate, or verticillate leaves.

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Leaves 1 to 2 in. long, very sharply acute, pale green color, spreading, 4-sided, straight, rigid, slightly glaucous beneath; branches horizontal; branchlets remotely verticillate, numerous, drooping, with light-colored bark.

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Growth of wood and fruit emanating from the nodes; buds, branchlets and cones, therefore, in verticillate association.

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Cells of the same number as the styles, verticillate, with solitary seeds.

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