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pulvini

pulvini is the plural of pulvinus.

Meaning of pulvinus

Noun

pulvinus (plural pulvinae or pulvini)

  1. A joint on a plant leaf or petiole that may swell and cause movement of the leaf or leaflet.

Questions about pulvini

What is pulvini the plural of?
Pulvini is the plural of pulvinus.

Words near pulvini in the dictionary

  1. pulvinar
  2. pulvinars
  3. pulvinate
  4. pulvinated
  5. pulvinately
  6. pulvini
  7. pulvinic acid
  8. pulviniform
  9. pulvinitid
  10. pulvinitids
  11. pulvino

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pulvini (page history and authors); pulvinus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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