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Noun whorl has 3 senses
- coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
--1 is a kind of round shape
--1 has particulars: corolla; calyx; verticil
- lock, curl, ringlet, whorl - a strand or cluster of hair
--2 is a kind of hair
--2 is a part of hairdo, hair style, coiffure
--2 has particulars: sausage curl; forelock; crimp; dreadlock
- coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix - a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
--3 is a kind of structure, construction
--3 has particulars: hank
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