vallecular

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adjective

Grooved; pertaining to a vallecula.

OriginLatin valles →
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Meanings

adjectivevallecular (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineGrooved; pertaining to a vallecula.
  2. not comparablebiologyOf or relating to a channel between the nodes of the stem of some species of Equisetum.

    A transverse section of the internode shows a pattern of sub-epidermal strengthening tissue and chlorenchyma, vallecular canals in the cortex opposite the furrows, and carinal canals opposite the ridges.

    2011 July 12, “An extensin-rich matrix lines the carinal canals in Equisetum ramosissimum, which may function as water-conducting channels”, in Annals of Botany, →DOI

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
valleculate

Origin

  1. Latinvalles“valley”
  2. Englishvallecular

From vallecula + -ar, derived from diminutive of Latin valles (“valley”).

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Chicago

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