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Fascicle

A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.

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Fornix 76% connected

An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva.

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Nerve 76% connected

One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various pa…

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Installment 76% connected

The act of installing; installation.

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Instalment 76% connected

the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

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Fasciculus 92% connected

A little bundle; a fascicle.

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Adelphia noun · 78% connection

A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.

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Amphiaster noun · 78% connection

The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fiber…

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Anthology noun · 78% connection

A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly ap…

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Anthotaxy noun · 78% connection

The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.

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Bale noun · 78% connection

A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up c…

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Bulb noun · 78% connection

A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a clus…

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Bunch noun · 78% connection

A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of k…

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Bundle noun · 78% connection

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose pac…

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Butt noun · 78% connection

the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots

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Commissure noun · 78% connection

A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma.

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Compaction noun · 78% connection

The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.

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Corymb noun · 78% connection

Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.

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Crocidolite noun · 78% connection

A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and sod…

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Disroot verb · 78% connection

To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot.

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Fascicled adjective · 78% connection

Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicl…

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Fastigiated adjective · 78% connection

United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.

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Felt noun · 78% connection

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, w…

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Fibred adjective · 78% connection

Having fibers; made up of fibers.

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