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Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell..

Vermetus :: Vermetus (n.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube..

Turrilite :: Turrilite (n.) Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.

Verticillated :: Verticillated (a.) Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell..

Mare''s-tail :: Mare's-tail (n.) An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls..

Squinch :: Squinancy (n.) A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; -- formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort.

Sutured :: Suture (n.) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell..

Turritella :: Turritella (n.) Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum..

Chara :: Chara (n.) A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places..

Joe-pye Weed :: "Joe-Pye weed () A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (E. purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves..

Hamite :: Hamite (n.) A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form..

Whorler :: Whorler (n.) A potter's wheel.

Crosswort :: Crosswort (n.) A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves in whorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc..

Volution :: Volution (n.) A whorl of a spiral shell.

Spire :: Spire (n.) A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.

Involucre :: Involucre (n.) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head..

Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) The fly of a spindle.

Right-handed :: Right-handed (a.) Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria.

Turban :: Turban (n.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.

Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A whorl. See Whorl.

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