verticillatelike
Verticillatelike is an adjective used in biology to describe a pattern of arrangement that resembles a verticillate configuration, meaning a whorl or circular ring of structures around an axis. The term derives from verticillus, Latin for a small whirl, with the suffix -like indicating resemblance.
In botany, verticillatelike describes organs such as leaves, petals, or inflorescences that occur in ring-like whorls
In mycology and related fields, verticillatelike can describe structures such as conidiophores or other elements that
Distinction from verticillate: verticillatelike signals likeness to a verticillate arrangement without asserting a strict verticillate pattern.
See also: verticillate, phyllotaxis, whorl, inflorescence, conidiophore.