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Webster 1913 Edition


Valvule

Valv′ule

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
valvule
.]
1.
A little valve; a valvelet.
2.
(Zool.)
A small valvelike process.

Webster 1828 Edition


Valvule

VALV'ULE

,
Noun.
A little valve; one of the pieces which compose the outer covering of a pericarp.

Definition 2024


valvule

valvule

English

Noun

valvule (plural valvules or valvulae)

  1. (anatomy) A small valve or similar structure.

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