verticillaster

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verticillaster - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Verticillaster \Ver`ti*cil*las"ter\, a. [NL., fr. L. verticillus
     a whirl + aster a star.] (Bot.)
     A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of
     two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. See Illust. of
     Whorl.
     [1913 Webster] Verticillate