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‖ nuculanium Bot.|njuːkjuːˈleɪnɪəm|
[mod.L., irreg. f. L. nucula nucule.]
1. (See quots.)
1819Lindley tr. Richard's Fruits & Seeds 86 Nuculanium; fruit whose fleshy pericarp forms several distinct nuts. 1829Clinton tr. Richard's Elem. Bot. (ed. 4) 430 The nuculanium is a fleshy fruit proceeding from a free ovary,..containing within it several small nuts, which bear the name nuculæ. 1887Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 5) 318 The Nuculanium..does not differ in any important characters from the berry, except in being superior.
2. A hard nut-like case in the interior of a fleshy fruit, enclosing several seeds.
1849Balfour Man. Bot. §553 The covering of the cells [of the endocarp] is sometimes stony, as in the Medlar..and the Holly, forming what has been called a Nuculanium (nucula, a nut). 1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 152/2 Some apply the term nuculanium to the Medlar. |