areole
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French aréole, from Latin areola: a small area. Doublet of areola.
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areole (plural areoles)
- (botany) The smallest enclosures created by the veins of a leaf.
- (botany) Bump on a cactus out of which grow clusters of spines.
- (mycology) A tessellation in the thallus of certain lichens.
- (anatomy) An areola.
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areole f
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areole
- instrumental/vocative singular of areolė (“areole”)