Whorl

nounid 157478·updated May 18, 2026
verified

a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

polysemous

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
coilcurlcurlicuegyrelockringletrollscrollspiral
plural
Whorls
possessive
Whorl's
pluralpossessive
Whorls'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
§2
a strand or cluster of hair
§3
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.