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Definitions for valleculavəˈlɛk yə lə; -ˌli

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

val•lec•u•lavəˈlɛk yə lə; -ˌli(n.)(pl.)-lae

  1. a groove or indentation in a plant or animal part.

    Category: Anatomy, Botany

Origin of vallecula:

1855–60; < LL, = L valle(s)valley+-cula -cule1

val•lec′u•lar-ˌleɪt, -lɪt(adj.)

val•lec′u•late`-ˌleɪt, -lɪt(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. groove, vallecula(noun)

    (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

Wiktionary

  1. vallecula(Noun)

    A depression or groove in the anatomy.

    2. Origin: New , from valles (valley), 1859.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vallecula(noun)

    a groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum

  2. Vallecula(noun)

    one of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants

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