whorl

Etymology
From alteration of.

Noun



 * 1) Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.
 * 2)  A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
 * 3)  A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
 * 4)  Any volution, as for example in the human ear or fingerprint.
 * 5) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle.

Translations

 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Maori: tōrino
 * Persian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: bladerkrans
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Portuguese: verticilo
 * Romanian:


 * Bulgarian: витка
 * Finnish:
 * French: tour de spire


 * Albanian:, ,
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Danish: tenvægt
 * Dutch: spinsteen, spinsteentje, spinschijf
 * Finnish: värttinänkehrä
 * French:
 * Galician: fusaiola
 * German: Spinnwirtel
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: snældusnúður
 * Irish: roithleán eiteáin
 * Italian: fusaiolo
 * Norwegian: håndteinsnelle
 * Portuguese: fusaiola
 * Romansch: rudella dal fis
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, tortera
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh: chwerfan

Verb

 * 1)  To form a pattern of concentric circles.