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whorl
It was all contained in a hearty corn-dusted Kaiser bun with a decorative whorl.
From the thenewstribune.com
Always prune a branch back to a fork or, in the case of shrubs, a whorl of leaves.
From the democratandchronicle.com
The hook was used to spin the shaft, which in turn spun the whorl on the other end.
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Whorl sections are subrectangular, sutures sinuous, the siphuncle subcentral.
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In late spring, they migrate to the base of branches, tunneling into the whorl area.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The whorl is a pulley attached to the flyer and operated by the drive band.
From the sacbee.com
In a high-whorl spindle, the whorl sits very close to the top of the shaft.
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Materials like ocean, sky, and flesh converge in a radiant light, a whorl of darkness.
From the huffingtonpost.com
The snail kite feeds on this species, its beak curving precisely into the snail's whorl.
From the economist.com
- Coil: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- Lock: a strand or cluster of hair
- Coil: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
- (whorled) coiling: in the shape of a coil
- (whorled) verticillate: forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)
- A whorl is a single, complete 360u00B0 revolution or turn in the spiral growth of a mollusc shell. A spiral configuration of the shell is found in of numerous gastropods, but it is also found in shelled cephalopods including Nautilus, Spirula and the large extinct subclass of cephalopods known as the ammonites.
- A pattern of concentric circles; A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem; A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell; A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, compare 1460; To form a pattern of concentric circles
- (whorled) The arrangement of leaves or flowers in circular clusters around a stem.
- (Whorled) Leaf form, where three or more leaves radiate from a single node.
