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Actomyosin
noun · 78% connection
a protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
Cat-tail
noun · 78% connection
A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, flat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindrical spike…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
Coma
noun · 78% connection
A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
Corymb
noun · 78% connection
Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
Crown-imperial
noun · 78% connection
A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
Dahlia
noun · 78% connection
any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
Fascicle
noun · 78% connection
A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
Fastigiated
adjective · 78% connection
United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
Fetlock
noun · 78% connection
The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
Funiculus
noun · 78% connection
A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to differ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
Glass-rope
noun · 78% connection
A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
Hackmatack
noun · 78% connection
The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
Hill
verb · 78% connection
A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: growing, bundle, tuft, close, cluster.
