'Whorled' definitions:
Definition of 'whorled'
(from WordNet)
adjective
In the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate]
adjective
Forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem) [syn: verticillate, verticillated, whorled]
Definition of 'Whorled'
From: GCIDE
- Whorled \Whorled\, a. Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'whorled'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambagious,
- anfractuous,
- circuitous,
- circumlocutory,
- cochlear,
- cochleate,
- convolutional,
- corkscrew,
- corkscrewy,
- flexuose,
- flexuous,
- helical,
- helicoid,
- involute,
- involuted,
- involutional,
- labyrinthine,
- mazy,
- meandering,
- meandrous,
- rivose,
- rivulose,
- roundabout,
- ruffled,
- screw-shaped,
- scrolled,
- serpentine,
- sinuate,
- sinuose,
- sinuous,
- snaky,
- spiral,
- spiroid,
- torsional,
- tortile,
- tortuous,
- turbinal,
- turbinate,
- turning,
- twisting,
- twisty,
- verticillate,
- volute,
- voluted,
- winding,
- wreathlike,
- wreathy