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• A slight depression or pit in a bone or organ.
Example sentence • The foveae in his eyes were unusually deep and narrow.
6 3 noun n Example sentence • The ancient Roman soldiers wore galeae to protect their heads.
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• The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
Example sentence • The paleae of the grass protect the delicate seeds.
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• A gill or other organ having the same function.
Example sentence • Fish use their branchiae to extract oxygen from water.
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Example sentence • The ecclesiae of the ancient Roman Empire held significant political and religious power.
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• A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
Example sentence • The fasciae of the human body provide support and protection for muscles and organs.
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• A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.
Example sentence • The patient underwent surgery to repair multiple herniae .
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• The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
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Example sentence • The naumachiae were often held in specially constructed artificial lakes or basins.
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Example sentence • The Roman denarius was divided into 12 unciae .
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• coextensive with the genus Sparganium
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• widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
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• plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
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• large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts
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• the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
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• large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales
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• a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus
Example sentence • The violaceae family includes popular flowering plants like pansies and violets.
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• one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium
Example sentence • The alliaceae plants are known for their pungent odor.
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• widely distributed shrubs and trees
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• mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera
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• family of birthworts (including wild ginger)
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• sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts
Example sentence • The ascidiaceae are a family of marine invertebrates known as sea squirts.
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• one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria
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• fungi having gelatinous sporophores
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• a family of protoctist containing red algae (Bangiaceae)
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• trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
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• a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales
Example sentence • The blastodiaceae fungi are commonly found in freshwater habitats.
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• a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
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• family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers
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• in some classifications included in family Moraceae
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• Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates
Example sentence • The chlamydiaceae infection can cause respiratory problems.
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• a family of lichens, containing reindeer moss and cup lichens (Cladoniaceae)
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• fleshy fungi: coral fungi
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• a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales
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• family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia
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• a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales
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• a family of plants of order Geraniales
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• erect or climbing herbs of the Northern Hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn
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• large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales
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• a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales
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• a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China
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• in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry
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• a fungus family of order Helotiales, generally found in tropical areas, with 117 genera and 826 species in the family (Helotiaceae)
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• a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary
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• large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters
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• coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order
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• carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea
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• not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae
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