verticillaster Bot.
(ˌvɜːtɪsɪˈlæstə(r))
[mod.L., f. L. verticill-us verticillus + -aster.]
A form of inflorescence occurring in certain labiate plants (see quots.); a false whorl.
| 1832 Lindley Introd. Bot. 112 If the cyme is reduced to a very few flowers, and those few become corymbose, such a disposition has been called a verticillaster by Hoffmansegg. 1861 Bentley Man. Bot. 213 The Verticillaster.—This kind of cyme is seen in the White Dead-nettle. 1872 Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 217 A coarse perennial herb, with..axillary cymes (forming verticillasters) of bilabiate white flowers. |