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

Popp, Marcus, Doubleday, and Gange returned to the site together this spring and confirmed the presence of small whorled pogonia, which was in bloom at the time.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2022

Behind them sat a platter of ice, mounded with dozens of Eel Lake oysters imported from Nova Scotia, their whorled shells colored brown and taupe.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021

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