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

I've grown especially fond of the bean y queso, a fat, bulging tube filled with a creamy mash of Peruvian beans whorled with molten white cheese and a smoky salsa verde.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2019

In the Aero booth, a powder-coated dark green aluminum outdoor chair by Thomas O’Brien with a whorled back is $1050.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2019

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