Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cicatricula . - noun In botany: The hilum of a seed.
- noun The scar left by a fallen leaf.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.
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- noun biology The
germinating point in theembryo of aseed . - noun biology The point in the
yolk of anegg at whichdevelopment begins.
Etymologies
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Compare French cicatricule, from Latin cicatricula a small scar, from cicatrix a scar.
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