Verticillaster
[vur-tuh-si-las-ter] /ˌvɜr tə sɪˈlæs tər/
noun, Botany.
1.
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.
verticillaster
/ˌvɜːtɪsɪˈlæstə/
noun
1.
(botany) an inflorescence, such as that of the dead-nettle, that resembles a whorl but consists of two crowded cymes on either side of the stem
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