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punctum |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Punctum \Punc"tum\, n. [L., a point.] A point. {Punctum c[ae]cum}. [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Same as {Blind spot}, under {Blind}. {Punctum proximum}, near point. See under {Point}. {Punctum remotum}, far point. See under {Point}. {Punctum vegetationis} [L., point of vegetation] (Bot.), the terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growth originates.
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