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The spikes are whorled, about 3 inches or so in length, naked towards the base to about one-fourth of its length, the rachis is fine, filiform, scabrid The spikelets are solitary or binate, dorsally compressed, pale green or reddish, very shortly pedicelled, 1/4 to 5/16 inch long inclusive of the short awn, pedicel is cupular at the tip There are four glumes in the spikelet.

—A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses

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adjective Having or forming whorls or a whorl: whorled flower parts; a whorled textile pattern.

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Elemental magick still sang in the rich vibrations of the whorled-grained wood. — Witch Gate.htm
It was the same clarity of regard that had seen past Drustan mab Necthana's blue-whorled tattoos and clubfoot to envision a King worthy of sharing her throne one day—and worthy of loving. — Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
It gladdened my heart to see him again; his quiet smile, dark eyes calm and steady in his blue-whorled face. — Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
Having said his piece, Drustan merely continued to look evenly at Joscelin, holding out his hand, blue-whorled and strong. — Carey, Jaqueline - Kushiel's Dart orig
Fierce as the Skaldi are, they are men, and bleed and die like men; and nothing, in all Waldemar Selig's planning, had prepared them for Drustan's wild army, blue-whorled faces spilling out of ships, fighting with a ruthless ferocity that equalled their own. — Carey, Jaqueline - Kushiel's Dart orig