1. (noun)
coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
2. (noun)
Curl, Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
- American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
Synonyms:
roll, gyre, coil, lock, ringlet, curlicue, whorl, scroll
3. (noun)
lock, curl, ringlet, whorl
- a strand or cluster of hair
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