1. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
   "The poet described the whorl of rose petals unfurling";
   - coil, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
    
2. Lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl
   "She admired the perfect whorl of hair on the baby's head";
   - ringlet, curl
    
3. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
   "a whorl of rope";
   - coil, spiral, volute, helix

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Derived forms: whorls

Type of: construction, lock, round shape, structure

Encyclopedia: Whorl