fascicle
[fas-i-kuh l]
noun
a section of a book or set of books being published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
a small bundle, tight cluster, or the like.
Botany. a close cluster, as of flowers or leaves.
Anatomy. a small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers.
Origin of fascicle
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The fascicle of light that it emits has a perfect concentration.
The variations are mainly in the number of leaves in the fascicle.
The Genus PinusGeorge Russell Shaw
The collar with a dark area ventrad and also dorsad of the fascicle.
Sometimes, on the other hand, Danaë has a fascicle of flowers inserted on the middle of the upper surface, as in Ruscus.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
The name Phacelia is from a Greek word signifying a fascicle, or bunch, and refers to the fascicled or clustered flower-racemes.
The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and HabitsMary Elizabeth Parsons
fascicle
noun
Word Origin for fascicle
C15: from Latin fasciculus a small bundle, from fascis a bundle
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