verticillated Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)
    whorled; verticillate.

WordNet

Ver*tic"il*late, Ver*tic"il*la`ted adjective (Also<
  • Verticillate; 277
  • Verticillated
)
Etymology
See Verticil.
Definitions
  1. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell.

Webster 1913