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A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
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A ring formed by three or more leaves eminating from the same point.
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a circle of leaves, sepals, stames or other organs around an axis.--------------------Y-Z
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n. (AS. hweorfan, to turn) circle of flowers, parts of a flower, or leaves arising from one point; verticil.
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1). A ring of similar organs arising from a node. 2). The arrangement of leaves in a circle.
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A ring of branches around a stem.
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when leaves or flowers are circularly arranged, arising from the same single point.
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An arrangement of three or more leaves or other organs in a circle about an axis [Go to source
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A circle of three or more structures radiating outward from the same node. For example, pines, spruces, and firs produce a terminal stem called the leader and a major whorl of lateral limbs at the base of the leader each year. A node is the place on the stem of the tree where these limbs in the whorl attach.
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an arrangement of three or more structures at a node
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a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
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A circle of floral organs or branches or leaves at a node.
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Group of three or more structures of the same kind (generally leaves or flower parts) at the same node.
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A ring of leaves or flowers around a stem at the same level as each other.
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A circle of leaves around a node.
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A group of more than two organs of the same kind, like leaves arising at the same level. Also refers to each turn of a spiral shell.
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an arrangement of three or more leaves or branches radiating from the same node; a circle of structures around a stem.
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a ring of leaves, bracts or floral parts borne at the same level on an axis. cf. cyclic, spiral.
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A group of three or more leaves or shoots, all emerging from a stem at a single node.
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Buds, flowers, leaves or shoots arising from the same node, usually 3 or more
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Three or more leaves or branches at a node; circle of flower parts as sepals, petals or stamens.
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A circle of leaves round the stem, as in Bunchberry.
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An arrangement of appendages, such as branches or leaves, such that all are equally spaced around the stem at the same point, much like the spokes of a wheel or the ribs of an umbrella
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Arranged in a circle around a central point.
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A circle of flowers, parts of a flower, or leaves arising from a single point. From the Old English, hweorfan, "to turn."
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Structures such as buds and leaves arising three or more at a time around a stem at the same point.
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A ring of leaves or other structures arising in a circle at the same level (see diagram).
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