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pulvinus

Syllables: pul·vi·nus/pʌlˈvaɪnəs/

pulvinus noun: a joint on a plant leaf or petiole that may swell and cause movement of the leaf or leaflet.

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.

pulvinus meaning in Tamil

pulvinus in Tamil

இலையடிமுண்டு, புடைப்புக் காம்பணை, தடித்த இடையடிக் காம்பு

Forms of pulvinus

pluralpulvinae
pluralpulvini

Origin of pulvinus

Learned borrowing from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion, pillow, bolster”). Doublet of pillow, polverine, pulvino, pulvillus, and pulvinulus, as well as others.

Words that rhyme with pulvinus

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Questions about pulvinus

What does pulvinus mean?
Pulvinus means a joint on a plant leaf or petiole that may swell and cause movement of the leaf or leaflet.
What is pulvinus in Tamil?
Pulvinus in Tamil is இலையடிமுண்டு, புடைப்புக் காம்பணை, தடித்த இடையடிக் காம்பு. See Pulvinus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pulvinus?
Pulvinus is a noun.
How do you pronounce pulvinus?
Pulvinus is pronounced /pʌlˈvaɪnəs/.
What is the plural of pulvinus?
The plural of pulvinus is pulvinae.

Words near pulvinus in the dictionary

  1. pulvinones
  2. pulvinos
  3. pulvinular
  4. pulvinuli
  5. pulvinulus
  6. pulvinus
  7. pulviplume
  8. pulviplumes
  9. pulvisculus
  10. pulwaar
  11. pulwaars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pulvinus (page history and authors); pulvinus (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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