whorled
Example Sentences
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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
Its whorled shoots are tiny, typically shorter than eight inches and less than an inch thick.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
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
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
