wirtelig
German
Etymology
From Latin verticillātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪʁtəlɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪʁtəlɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: wir‧te‧lig
Adjective
wirtelig (comparative wirteliger, superlative am wirteligsten)
- (chiefly botany) whorled
- (chiefly botany) verticillate
Declension
- Acremonium zeae besitzt zartwandige Konidienträger mit spärlicher basiton wirteliger Verzweigung — “Acremonium zeae possesses thin-walled conidiophores with sparingly basitonous verticillate branching.”
Further reading
- “wirtelig” in Duden online