A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl.

n. (L. verticillus, whorl) an arrangement of leaves, flowers, inflorescences, or other structures which surround the stem in a circle upon the same plane about the same point on the axis.

group of conidiogenous cells radiating out from a single point like spokes in a wheel

A whorl of parts arising from a common point or around an axis.

a whorl of leaves growing around a stem

a whorl or circular arrangement of similar parts around an axis.

A whorl of conidiogenous cells or conidiophores arising from a common point.