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corculum

corculum noun: the central part of a seed, from which the new plant develops.

Noun

corculum (plural corcula)

  1. (obsolete) The central part of a seed, from which the new plant develops.

Forms of corculum

pluralcorcula

Origin of corculum

From Latin corculum, diminutive of cor (“heart”). Doublet of corcule.

Questions about corculum

What does corculum mean?
Corculum means the central part of a seed, from which the new plant develops.
What part of speech is corculum?
Corculum is a noun.
What is the plural of corculum?
The plural of corculum is corcula.

Words near corculum in the dictionary

  1. Corcova
  2. Corcovado
  3. corcula
  4. corcule
  5. corcules
  6. corculum
  7. corcur
  8. Corcyra
  9. Corcyraean
  10. Corcyraeans
  11. cord

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