verticil

From Latin verticillum.

verticil (plural verticils)

1. (chiefly botany) A whorl, a group of similar parts such as leaves radiating from a shared axis

Borrowed from Latin verticillus.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bər.tiˈsil]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vər.tiˈsil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [veɾ.tiˈsil]

verticil m (plural verticils)

1. (botany) verticil

• vèrtex

• “verticil”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from French verticille or Latin verticillus.

verticil n (plural verticile)

1. verticil