whorl

🇺🇸 /wɜːrl/ 🇬🇧 /wɜːl/
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noun
R

A whorl is a pattern that looks like a circle made up of smaller circles inside bigger ones, like the lines on your fingertips.

The whorls on your fingertips are unique to you.

你指尖上的螺旋纹是独一无二的。

R

A whorl is also a ring of leaves, flowers, or other parts that grow around the stem of a plant in a circular pattern.

The plant had a whorl of bright green leaves near the base of the stem.

植物在茎的基部附近有一圈鲜绿色的叶子。

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n. 涡旋, 叶环

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Plural whorls