A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll]
curlicue \curl"i*cue\ (k?rl"?-k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.]
Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on
paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome
caper. [Sometimes written curlycue or carlicue.] [
Colloq. U.S.]
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