Definition of whorled
: having or arranged in whorls
- leaves whorled at the nodes of the stem
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Its leaves are narrow and whorled, and flowers are green and white with tinges of purple.
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True to its name, the foot-long snail kite eats only snails—its hooked beak is the ideal shape for plucking muscular morsels from whorled shells.
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McCormick analyzed the DNA of soil samples collected immediately adjacent to wild small-whorled pogonias, and used that data to calculate how much Russulaceae hyphae was present in the soil at each site.
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1567
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