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Whorl meaning
Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral. | A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem. | A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
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Artist Jacqueline Rush Lee invites viewers to consider these questions through her exhibition “Whorl,” on view at the East Hawai’i Cultural Center from April 6 to May 31, with an opening on April 5 at 6pm.
Gymnosperm seedlings also have cotyledons, and these are often variable in number (multicotyledonous), with from 2 to 24 cotyledons forming a whorl at the top of the hypocotyl (the embryonic stem) surrounding the plumule.
Other distinct features include a gynoecium with five to 10 joined carpels, and flowers with more than three parts per whorl.
Overall the circular shape is that of the Salish whorl used in Coast Salish Art.
These organs are arranged in a series of whorls: four sepals on the outer whorl, followed by four petals inside this, six stamens, and a central carpel region.
The spindle whorl itself is dated from the year 1000 to 1100 AD.
They are usually bisexual and verticillastrate (a flower cluster that looks like a whorl of flowers but actually consists of two crowded clusters).