whorl
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- enPR: wûrl, IPA: /wɜː(r)l/, SAMPA: /w3:(r)l/
- enPR: hwûrl, IPA: /ʍɜː(r)l/, SAMPA: /W3:(r)l/ (in Scottish English and some English accents)
Rhymes: -ɜː(r)l
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whorl (plural whorls)
- A pattern of concentric circles.
- (botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
- (zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
- (archaic) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, cf. 1460.
[edit] References
- whorl in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- whorl in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- whorl, Glossary of Terms, American Rhododendron Society

