Strophiole /(?)/

Stro·phi·ole

Strophiole

n.

[L. strophiolum a little chaplet, dim. of strophium a band, Gr. , dim. of a twisted band: cf. F. strophiole.]

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

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