- whorl (n.)
[whorl 词源字典]
- mid-15c., "the small flywheel of a spindle," perhaps an alteration of whirl. Meaning "circlar arrangement of leaves or flowers round a stem of a plant" is first recorded 1550s. Of seashells or other spiral structures, from 1828. Related: Whorled.[whorl etymology, whorl origin, 英语词源]