curl

a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)

a strand or cluster of hair

form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"

wind around something in coils or loops

twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"

play the Scottish game of curling