— verticillastrate /verr"teuh si las'trayt, -trit/ , adj.
/verr'teuh si las"teuhr/ , n. Bot.
an 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 mints.
[ 1825-35; verticill ( us ) VERTICIL + -ASTER 1 ]