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noun 
  1. A pattern of concentric circles.
  2. (botany) A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
  3. (zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
  4. (archaic) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, cf. 1460.

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