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STROPHIOLE

\stɹˈɒfɪˌə͡ʊl], \stɹˈɒfɪˌə‍ʊl], \s_t_ɹ_ˈɒ_f_ɪ__ˌəʊ_l]\

Definitions of STROPHIOLE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

strof'i-[=o]l, n. (bot.) an aril-like appendage growing from the raphe in the fruits of Viola, &c.--adjs. STROPH'IOLATE, -D. [Gr. strophion, dim. of strophos, a twisted band.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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