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faculae

faculae is the plural of facula.

Meaning of facula

Noun

facula (plural faculae)

  1. A bright spot or patch between sunspots.
    • Glaucous, hoar, enfouldered, cyathiform, / Making mere faculae of the sun and moon […]c. 1933-1934, Hugh MacDiarmid, On a Raised Beach

Questions about faculae

What is faculae the plural of?
Faculae is the plural of facula.

Words near faculae in the dictionary

  1. facturds
  2. facture
  3. factures
  4. facty
  5. facula
  6. faculae
  7. facular
  8. faculous
  9. facultative
  10. facultatively
  11. facultativeness

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