İngilizce dilinde "whorl" tanımı

noun

1. Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.

2. (botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

3. (zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.

4. (anatomy) Any volution, as for example in the human ear or fingerprint.

5. A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle.

verb

1. (intransitive) To form a pattern of concentric circles.