curlicue vs verticil

curlicue and verticil both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
curlicue	Yes	No	No	No
verticil	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, verticil is a hyponym of curlicue; that is, verticil is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than curlicue:

curlicue: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
verticil: a whorl of leaves growing around a stem

Other hyponyms of curlicue include corolla, calyx.

curlicue (noun)	verticil (noun)
a short twisting line	a whorl of leaves growing around a stem
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)