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Paucispiral :: Paucispiral (a.) Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or shell..

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

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

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

Spur-shell :: Spurry (n.) An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder..

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

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

Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.

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..

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

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

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..

Whorled :: Whorled (a.) Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves..

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..

Scepterellate :: Scepterellate (a.) Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.

Scalaria :: Scalaria (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap..

Bedstraw :: Bedstraw (n.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers..

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

Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells..

Woodroof :: Woodroof (n.) A little European herb (Asperula odorata) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. See Illust. of Whorl.

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