whorl
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/wɜːrl/
🇬🇧
/wɜːl/
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.
손가락 끝의 whorl은 당신만의 특징입니다.
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.
식물은 줄기 기저부에 밝은 녹색 잎의 whorl이 있었습니다.