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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 whorled /ˈhwɔr(ə)ld, ˈwɔr(ə)ld, ˈ(h)wɚ/
 (a.)輪生的,有渦漩的,有螺紋的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Whorled a. Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 whorled
      adj 1: like the pattern basic to the human fingerprint [syn: looped]
      2: in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical, spiral,
          spiraling, volute, voluted, turbinate]
      3: forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves
         around a stem) [syn: verticillate, verticillated]