verticillated

• Terme botanique désignant une disposition en verticilles, c'est-à-dire une organisation circulaire de feuilles, fleurs ou autres parties autour d'une tige, à un même niveau.

An obsolete botanical term describing something arranged in whorls (a circular arrangement of leaves, flowers, or other parts around a stem).

1. Arranged in whorlsC2formalscientific

   Forming one or more whorls, especially describing leaves or other plant parts arranged in a circle around a stem.

   verticillé

   • The plant has verticillated leaves that grow in rings around the stem.
   • Botanists noted the verticillated arrangement of the flowers.
   • This species is easily identified by its verticillated leaf pattern.

   Synonymesverticillatewhorled