a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles The flowers are waxy, tubular, fragrant, turning their yellow petals backward in a whorl. — Rogers, Julia Ellen

mid-15c., "the small flywheel of a spindle," perhaps an alteration of whirl. Meaning "circlar arrangement of leaves or flowers round a stem of a plant" is first recorded 1550s. Of [..]

An arrangement of appendages, such as branches or leaves, such that all are equally spaced around the stem at the same point, much like the spokes of a wheel or the ribs of an umbrella

A ring of structures, such as leaves, encircling a stem or shoot. In flowers, there are 4 whorls: at the base, sepals; then petals; next stamens; and finally the pistil, which can be thought of as a w [..]

The ring-like floral structures formed by the pedicel.

(French : tourbillon) Dermatoglyphic pattern observed on the finger tips.

(n) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)(n) a strand or cluster of hair(n) a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of [..]

Structures such as buds and leaves arising three or more at a time around a stem at the same point.

Where three or more plant organs are arranged around a node.

A group of three or more leaves branching out from the same spot.

Three or more flowers, branches, or leaves located at one node.

a pattern in a fingerprint that consists of two or more deltas and the ridges create a circular pattern.