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met·u·la
\ˈmechələ\ noun
(plural metu·lae \-ˌlē\)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, small cone or pyramid, diminutive of meta cone, pyramid, boundary mark; perhaps akin to Old Norse meithr tree, Middle Irish methas boundary district, Sanskrit methī post, Latin munire to fortify — more at munition
: one of the outermost branches of a conidiophore from which flask-shaped phialides radiate (as in molds of the genera Aspergillus and Penicillium) |