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Definition of: verticillaster
(vûr′tə·si·las′tər) noun Bot.
An inflorescence or flower cluster with the flowers seemingly in a whorl, but composed of a pair of dense sessile cymes in the axils of opposite leaves, as in most mints. [<NL <L verticillus VERTICIL + -ASTER]
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