valleculan.
/vəˈlɛkjᵿlə/, /vaˈlɛkjᵿlə/, U.S. /vəˈlɛkjələ/ 1. Anatomy. A furrow, fissure, or fossa; spec. = valley n. 6.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > groove or furrow
gutter1553
scissure1607
rut1615
fissure1656
sulcus1744
groove1789
canaliculation1797
fossule1803
fossula1811
furrow1819
sulcation1852
sulculus1859
vallecula1859
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 883 Valley, or vallecula, of Haller.
1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 871/2 This lobe forms a well-defined inferior vermiform process, which lies at the bottom of a deep fossa or vallecula.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 782 The spaces between these [glosso-epiglottic] folds are named the valleculæ.
2. Botany. A groove or channel; a sulcus or stria.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > ridge channel > [noun]
wrinkle1545
crest1597
ruga1683
tubea1704
furrow1725
flute1728
stria1731
rib1740
carina1774
striolet1826
vallecula1856
channel1875
carination1880
rumination1889
striola1903
riblet1949
1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 211 Vallecula, a depressed space (interstice) between the primary ‘Ridges’ on the fruit of Umbelliferæ.
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vaˈllecular adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > ridge channel > [adjective]
rivelledOE
wrinkled1563
channelled1597
ribbed1597
trisulcated1703
ribby1706
rugose1707
ruminate1800
ruminated1828
striolate?1841
multicostate1849
crested1856
fork-ribbed1858
tricostate1861
bicarinate1872
carinal1872
vallecular1875
carinate1876
bicarinated1880
trisulcate1891
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 376 The vallecular canals, which correspond to the furrows, arise in the fundamental tissue by separation.
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