fascicle

[ fas-i-kuh l ]

/ ˈfæs ɪ kəl /

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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.

Nearby words

fascia, fascia adherens, fascia graft, fasciate, fasciation, fascicle, fascicular, fascicular cambium, fascicular degeneration, fascicular graft, fasciculate

Origin of fascicle

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

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Examples from the Web for fascicle

The measures in use were of a very primitive description, chiefly the fascicle and the pugil.
The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy|Charles John Samuel Thompson
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
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

It can be recognized at once by the connate leaves that form the fascicle or by the remarkable stout curved peduncle of its cone.
The Genus Pinus|George Russell Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for fascicle

fascicle

/ (ˈfæsɪkəl) /

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 Forms

fascicled, 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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Medicine definitions for fascicle

fascicle

[ făs′ĭ-kəl ]

n.

fasciculus

Science definitions for fascicle

fascicle

[ făs′ĭ-kəl ]

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