Definitions for trabeculate-lɪt, -ˌleɪt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

tra•bec•u•latrəˈbɛk yə lə; -ˌli(n.)(pl.)-lae

  1. a structural body part that resembles a beam or a crossbar.

    Category: Anatomy

  2. any of the barlike tissue structures that extend across the cavity in a plant duct or sac, as in the sporangium of a moss.

    Category: Botany

Origin of trabecula:

1815–25; < NL trabēcula, L: little beam

tra•bec′u•lar-lɪt, -ˌleɪt(adj.)

tra•bec′u•late-lɪt, -ˌleɪt(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. trabecular, trabeculate(adj)

    of or relating to trabeculae

Webster Dictionary

  1. Trabeculate(adj)

    crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem


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