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vallecula


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vallecula  \Val*lec"u*la\,  n.;  pl  {Vallecul[ae]}.  [NL.,  dim.  fr 
  L.  vallis,  valles,  a  valley.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  A  groove;  a  fossa;  as  the  vallecula,  or  fossa, 
  which  separates  the  hemispheres  of  the  cerebellum. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  One  of  the  grooves,  or  hollows,  between  the  ribs  of 
  the  fruit  of  umbelliferous  plants. 




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