verticillaster: Meaning and Definition of

ver•ti•cil•las•ter

Pronunciation: (vûr"tu-si-las'tur), [key]
— n. Bot.
  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.
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