VERTICILLASTER


Meaning of VERTICILLASTER in English

— 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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .