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cistula

cistula noun: a little box or chest.

Noun

cistula (plural cistulae)

  1. A little box or chest.
    • Let us now, however, point out how to make a catoptric cistula to represent the objects within it prodigiously multiplied, and diffused through a vast space.1829, The London Encyclopaedia, page 264

Forms of cistula

pluralcistulae

Origin of cistula

From Latin cistula.

Questions about cistula

What does cistula mean?
Cistula means a little box or chest.
What part of speech is cistula?
Cistula is a noun.
What is the plural of cistula?
The plural of cistula is cistulae.

Words near cistula in the dictionary

  1. cistron
  2. cistronic
  3. cistronically
  4. cistrons
  5. cists
  6. cistula
  7. cistulae
  8. cistus
  9. cistuses
  10. cistvaen
  11. cistvaens

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