verticillate

1. 1.

   forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)

   Synonymsverticillatedwhorled

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Questions about verticillate

What does verticillate mean?

verticillate means "forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)".

How many syllables are in verticillate?

verticillate has 4 syllables: ver-ti-cil-late. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for verticillate?

Close synonyms include verticillated, whorled. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.