whorl

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Pronunciation

• enPR: wûrl, IPA: /wɜː(ɹ)l/

Noun

whorl (plural whorls)

1. A pattern of concentric circles.
2. (botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
3. (zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
4. (anatomy) Any volution, as for example in the human ear.
5. (archaic) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle. [from c. 1460]

Translations

• French: volute
• German: Wirbel, Kringel, Windung

Translations

• French: verticille
• Portuguese: verticilo

Translations

• French: tour de spire

Translations

• French: fusaïole
• German: Spinnwirtel
• Italian: fusaiolo
• Portuguese: fusaiola
• Spanish: fusayola, tortera

Verb

whorl (whorls, present participle whorling; past and past participle whorled)

1. (intransitive) To form a pattern of concentric circles.

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