Whorled Definition & Meaning

curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike

in the shape of a coil

conforming to the Carnot cycle forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl; "cyclic petals

in the shape of a coil

in the shape of a coil a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the

in the shape of a coil

of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages in the shape of a coil any of the scrolled

forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)

in the shape of a coil ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance