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noun
Any of the smallest enclosures created by the veins of a leaf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A bump on a cactus out of which grow clusters of spines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A tessellation in the thallus of certain lichens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
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noun
An areola.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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History
Borrowed from French aréole, from Latin areola: a small area. Doublet of areola.
Across languages
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