fascicle

[fas-i-kuh l]

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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

1490–1500; < Latin fasciculus, diminutive of fascis. See fasces, -cle¹

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Related Words for fascicle

cluster, collection, bunch

Examples from the Web for fascicle

Historical Examples of fascicle

The fascicle of light that it emits has a perfect concentration.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885
Various
The variations are mainly in the number of leaves in the fascicle.
The Genus Pinus
George Russell Shaw
The collar with a dark area ventrad and also dorsad of the fascicle.
Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Vol. 11. No. 1.
Various
Sometimes, on the other hand, Danaë has a fascicle of flowers inserted on the middle of the upper surface, as in Ruscus.
Vegetable Teratology
Maxwell 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 Habits
Mary Elizabeth Parsons

British Dictionary definitions for fascicle

fascicle

noun

a bundle or cluster of branches, leaves, etc
Also called: fasciculus anatomy a small bundle of fibres, esp nerve fibres
printing another name for fascicule
any small bundle or cluster

Derived Formsfascicled, adjectivefascicular (fəˈsɪkjʊlə) or fasciculate (fəˈsɪkjʊˌleɪt, -lɪt), adjectivefasciculately, adverbfasciculation, noun

Word Origin for fascicle

C15: from Latin fasciculus a small bundle, from fascis a bundle

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Word Origin and History for fascicle

1620s, from Latin fasciculus "a small bundle, a bunch," diminutive of fascis (see fasces). As "part of a work published in installments," 1640s (also fascicule, from French). Related: Fasciculate; fasciculation.

fascicle in Medicine

fascicle

[făs′ĭ-kəl]

fasciculus

fascicle in Science

fascicle

[făs′ĭ-kəl]

A bundle or cluster of stems, flowers, or leaves, such as the bundles in which pine needles grow.