wirtelig

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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
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Adjective

wirtelig (comparative wirteliger, superlative am wirteligsten)

  1. (chiefly botany) whorled
  2. (chiefly botany) verticillate

Declension

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  1. Acremonium zeae besitzt zartwandige Konidienträger mit spärlicher basiton wirteliger Verzweigung — “Acremonium zeae possesses thin-walled conidiophores with sparingly basitonous verticillate branching.”

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