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Strophiole

Stro′phi-ole

,

Noun.

[L.

strophiolum

a little chaplet, dim. of

strophium

a band, Gr. [GREEK], dim. of [GREEK] a twisted band: cf. F.

strophiole

.]

(Bot.)

A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle.