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bursicle

bursicle noun: a sheath that covers the viscidium in some plants.

Noun

bursicle (plural bursicles)

  1. A sheath that covers the viscidium in some plants.
    • These are joined by slender stalks to sticky discs, the viscidia, which are protected from contact with the air by a membranous pouch called the bursicle. At a touch from a visiting bee the bursicle ruptures and the insect's head, probing towards the nectar, is bound to touch one or both viscidia...1977, Michael Willmer Forbes Tweedie, Insect Life, page 106

Forms of bursicle

pluralbursicles

Questions about bursicle

What does bursicle mean?
Bursicle means a sheath that covers the viscidium in some plants.
What part of speech is bursicle?
Bursicle is a noun.
What is the plural of bursicle?
The plural of bursicle is bursicles.

Words near bursicle in the dictionary

  1. burseras
  2. burses
  3. Bursey
  4. Burseys
  5. Burshtyn
  6. bursicle
  7. bursicles
  8. bursicon
  9. bursicons
  10. bursiculate
  11. bursid

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