Definitions for verticil

verticil ver·ti·cil

Spelling: [vur-tuh-sil]
IPA: /ˈvɜr tə sɪl/

Verticil is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 185 anagrams from letters in verticil (ceiilrtv).

Definitions for verticil

noun

  1. a whorl or circle, as of leaves or hairs, arranged around a point on an axis.

Origin of verticil

1695-1705; Latin verticillus spindle whorl, equivalent to vertic- (stem of vertex) vertex + -illus diminutive suffix

Examples for verticil

verticil: one of the whorls of long fine sensitive hair arranged symmetrically on the joints of the antennae in certain Diptera.

At the middle, or in the distal half, each spine bears a verticil of three strong, irregularly formed ramified branches.

Each spine between the two shells has a verticil of three forked lateral branches (fig. 9a).

The distal end of each radial tube bears usually a verticil of four to eight similar pediculate spathill.

Word Value for verticil
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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