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bursicles

bursicles is the plural of bursicle.

Meaning of bursicle

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

Questions about bursicles

What is bursicles the plural of?
Bursicles is the plural of bursicle.

Words near bursicles in the dictionary

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

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