'Verticillate' definitions:
Definition of 'verticillate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem) [syn: verticillate, verticillated, whorled]
Definition of 'Verticillate'
From: GCIDE
- Verticillate \Ver*tic"il*late\ (?; 277), Verticillated \Ver*tic"il*la`ted\, a. [See Verticil.] (Bot. & Zool.) Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell. [1913 Webster]