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
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
Occasionally lone cicadas whorled around in flight like her little fairy toy, Bluette.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2021
Between the sight lines of my raised knees his ear appeared, an amazing organ all its own, whorled and flanged, translucent in the bright lights.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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