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

Department botanists confirmed that a population of small whorled pogonia has been documented on Winooski Valley Park District conservation land in Chittenden County.

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

Then it resumes, the twin wands of its horns extending, dragging its whorled shell atop the sled of its body.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr