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Webster 1913 Edition

Cicatricle

Cic′a-triˊcle

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
cicatricule
, fr. L.
cicatricula
a small scar, fr.
cicatrix
a scar.]
(Biol.)
The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cicatricle

CICATRICLE

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Noun.
The germinating or fetal point in the embryo of a seed or the yolk of an egg; as, germinating cicatricle.

Definition 2024

cicatricle

cicatricle

English

Noun

cicatricle ‎(plural cicatricles)

  1. (biology) The germinating point in the embryo of a seed.
  2. (biology) The point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.

Etymology

Compare French cicatricule, from Latin cicatricula ‎(“a small scar”), from cicatrix ‎(“a scar”).

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