whorled

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If there are three or more leaves connected at a node, the leaf arrangement is classified as whorled.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The small whorled pogonia is a globally rare orchid historically found across the eastern states and Ontario.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2022

Their table was laden with dusky cardamom marshmallows, delicate cookies showing off whorled thumbprints of black-pepper rose jam and lavender-flecked shortbread ready to crumble at a look.

From New York Times • May 25, 2022

Just down the windy road, South Lake Tahoe was evacuated on Monday and was dead quiet as ash whorled through smoke like snow flakes would in a winter fog.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2021

She steadies herself against the whorled bird’s-eye maple console table in our foyer, my parents’ first flea market find as a couple, years before they had me.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed