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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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• herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra
Example sentence • The malvaceae plant produces vibrant flowers.
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• widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
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• a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples
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• used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae
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• used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae)
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• chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
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• fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants
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• perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants
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• snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
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• used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus
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• chiefly tropical trees or shrubs
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• anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
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• chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
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• widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
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• family of fungi including some common molds
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• one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae, it is a subfamily of the monocot family Xanthorrhoeaceae in the order Asparagales (Asphodelaceae)
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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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• used in some classifications for the genus Azolla
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• typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores
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• family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes
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• a family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous
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• one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia
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• family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other
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• tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds
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• a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
Example sentence • The boraginaceae family of plants includes forget-me-nots and borage.
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• a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives
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• in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia
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• constituting the order Opuntiales
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• family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae
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• one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies
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• coextensive with the genus Canna
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• a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia
Example sentence • The capparidaceae plant has small, white flowers.
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• large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
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• one genus: genus Casuarina
Example sentence • The casuarinaceae tree is commonly found in coastal regions.
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• trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits
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• a family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the genus Cephalotus
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• a family of Cephalotaxaceae
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• coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts
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