"Verticillus" is a word in ENGLISH

alimpúlu n {1} crown, part of the skull in the back where the hair forms a whorl. {2} topmost part …

alimpúlus - The top—, crown—, apex—, of the head; the whorl or tuft of hair on top of the head, …

n. whorl in the hair, cowlick. --var. ALIGUSGUS.

alúyuk (not without l) n part of the skull where the hair forms a whorl. -an a having a whorl …

A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers.

A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places.

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

Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to …

A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by …

One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike …

At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment.

A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head.

A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (E. purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.

An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls.

Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or shell.

pilípul n crown of the head where the hair forms a whorl. Duhay pilípul ánang batáa, That child is double-crowned.

Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.

Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria.

Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, …