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Webster 1913 Edition


Verticillaster

Verˊti-cil-las′ter

,
Adj.
[NL., fr. L.
verticillus
a whirl +
aster
a star.]
(Bot.)
A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. See Illust. of
Whorl
.

Definition 2024


verticillaster

verticillaster

English

Noun

verticillaster (plural verticillasters)

  1. (botany) A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint.