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terverticillate

terverticillate adjective: having three whorls.

Adjective

terverticillate (not comparable)

  1. Having three whorls

Origin of terverticillate

From ter- + verticillate.

Questions about terverticillate

What does terverticillate mean?
Terverticillate means having three whorls.
What part of speech is terverticillate?
Terverticillate is an adjective.

Words near terverticillate in the dictionary

  1. tervalence
  2. tervalent
  3. terven
  4. tervens
  5. tervert
  6. terverticillate
  7. terverts
  8. terves
  9. Tervola
  10. Tervuren
  11. Terwilliger

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