German

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Etymology

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From Latin verticillātus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪʁtəlɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪʁtəlɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: wir‧te‧lig

Adjective

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wirtelig (strong nominative masculine singular wirteliger, comparative wirteliger, superlative am wirteligsten)

  1. (chiefly botany) whorled
  2. (chiefly botany) verticillate

Declension

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  1. Acremonium zeae besitzt zartwandige Konidienträger mit spärlicher basiton wirteliger VerzweigungAcremonium zeae possesses thin-walled conidiophores with sparingly basitonous verticillate branching

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