verticillaster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint.

Word forms

verticillaster verticillasters

Etymology

Latin verticillus (“a whirl”) + aster (“a star”).

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