Also Spindle whorl A terracotta, stone or metal weight which acts as a flywheel giving momentum to maintain the spindle in motion when spinning An older name for these was pixies' grindstones
a collection of three or more similar organs projecting from a node (see pictorial glossary)
A whorl is a spiral shape, for example the pattern on the tips of your fingers. He stared at the whorls and lines of her fingertips. dense whorls of red-purple flowers
Three or more leaves at one node, encircling the stem and spreading outward like spokes of a wheel
A circle of three or more structures radiating outward from the same node For example, pines, spruces, and firs produce a terminal stem called the leader and a major whorl of lateral limbs at the base of the leader each year A node is the place on the stem of the tree where these limbs in the whorl attach
{i} spiral or circular arrangement of leaves or flowers (Botany); spiral (of a shell, fingerprint, etc.)
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
three or more leaves radiating from a single point wing expanded ridge as on a stem or fruit; one of the side petals on a pea plant see B
A circular arrangement of three or more leaves, flowers, or other parts at the same point or level
Three or more leaves, bracts or flowers attached in a circle or ring at the same point on a stem, like the spokes of a wheel See drawing of leaf arrangements
or verticel, an arrangement of leaves or flowers arisingfrom the same level on the stem
In furniture, a foot that takes the form of a scroll at the end that rests on a shoe. A French design, the whorl foot was first seen on furniture in the mid-18th century and also called a scroll foot
or drop spindle Earliest device for spinning fibres into thread or yarn. The spinster lets the spindle fall to draw out the fibres while the whorl keeps it rotating to apply the necessary twist. The spindle and whorl was replaced by the spinning wheel
The arrangement of leaves along a stem where a cluster of three or more leaves occurs at the same juncture on the stem In winter (after leaf drop for deciduous plants), the arrangement can be determined by looking at the leaf scars on the dormant twigs, such as in Catalpa
Referring to the arrangement of leafs on a stem When at least three leaves originate from a single node, it is called whorled It can also describe the arrangement of buds in the same way