verticillus
71verticil — [vʉr′tə sil΄] n. [ModL verticillus < L, a whirl, dim. of vertex: see VERTEX] Bot. a circular arrangement of leaves or flowers around a stem; whorl …
72verticillate — [vər tis′ə lit, vər tis′əlāt΄; vʉr΄tə sil′āt΄] adj. [ModL verticillatus < verticillus] Bot. arranged in or having verticils: also verticillated verticillation n …
73verticil — n. Bot. & Zool. a whorl; a set of parts arranged in a circle round an axis. Derivatives: verticillate adj. Etymology: L verticillus whorl of a spindle, dimin. of VERTEX …
74verticill- — combining form Etymology: New Latin, from verticillus, from Latin, whorl of a spindle, diminutive of vertic , vertex whirl more at vertex : whorl : verticil verticillary …
75bleomycin — ˌblēəˈmīsən noun ( s) Etymology: alteration of phleomycin antibiotic derived from the same source, from phleo (of unknown origin) + mycin : a mixture of glycoprotein antibiotics derived from a streptomyces (Streptomyces verticillus) and used in… …
76ver|ti|cil|las|ter — «VUR tuh sih LAS tuhr», noun. Botany. a determinate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged in a seeming whorl, consisting in fact of a pair of opposite axillary, usually sessile, cymes, as in many plants of the mint family. ╂[< Latin… …
77ver|tic´il|late|ly — ver|tic|il|late «vur TIHS uh layt, liht; VUR tuh SIHL ayt», adjective. 1. forming verticils or whorls: »verticillate leaves or flowers. 2. Obsolete. having leaves, flowers, and other parts arranged or produced in circles or whorls around the stem …
78ver|tic|il|late — «vur TIHS uh layt, liht; VUR tuh SIHL ayt», adjective. 1. forming verticils or whorls: »verticillate leaves or flowers. 2. Obsolete. having leaves, flowers, and other parts arranged or produced in circles or whorls around the stem. ╂[< New… …
79ver|ti|cil|li|um — «VUR tuh SIHL ee uhm», noun. 1. a disease of cotton, tomatoes, hops, and other plants, caused by a soil fungus that attacks the entire plant through the roots; verticillium wilt. 2. the fungus causing this disease: »Verticillium is likely to be… …
80ver|ti|cil — «VUR tuh sihl», noun. a whorl or circle of leaves, hairs, and other parts, growing around a stem or central point. ╂[< Latin verticillus whorl (diminutive) < vertex vertex] …
