curlicue

[ US /ˈkɝˌɫɪkju/ ]
[ UK /kˈɜːlɪkjˌuː/ ]
NOUN
  1. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
  2. a short twisting line
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  • When one of the small flowers is pollinated and fertilized, it goes to seed and snakes outward in a fuchsia-colored curlicue.
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  • There are parchments of painstaking calligraphy, replete with fabulous swirls and curlicues, and magic carpets wider than the Bosphorus.
  • There was a vast expanse of marble slabbed flooring, all green and cream swirls, and lots of polished wood with carved curlicues.
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