vallecular
English edit
Etymology edit
vallecula + -ar, derived from diminutive of Latin valles (“valley”)
Adjective edit
vallecular (comparative more vallecular, superlative most vallecular)
- (medicine) grooved; pertaining to a vallecula.
- (botany) A channel between the nodes of the stem of some species of Equisetum.
- 2011 July 12, “An extensin-rich matrix lines the carinal canals in Equisetum ramosissimum, which may function as water-conducting channels”, in Annals of Botany, :
- A transverse section of the internode shows a pattern of sub-epidermal strengthening tissue and chlorenchyma, vallecular canals in the cortex opposite the furrows, and carinal canals opposite the ridges.
References edit
- Vallecular, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 2004. WB Saunders, an Elsevier imprint.