12 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
adjective forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)
originEtymology tree Latin vertex Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -illus Latin verticillus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin verticillātusbor. English verticillate Borrowed from Latin verticillātus.
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