Found 2 items, similar to valleculae.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: valleculae
vallecula
n : (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or
part [syn:
groove]
[also:
valleculae (pl)]
valleculae
See
vallecula
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Valleculae
Vallecula
\Val*lec"u*la\, n.; pl.
Vallecul[ae]. [NL., dim. fr.
L. vallis, valles, a valley.]
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1. (Anat.) A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa,
which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum.
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2. (Bot.) One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of
the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
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