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Webster 1913 Edition

Vallecula

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Val-lec′u-la

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Valleculae

(#)

.

[NL., dim. fr. L.

vallis

,

valles

, a valley.]

1.

(Anat.)

A groove; a fossa;

as, the

vallecula

, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum

.

2.

(Bot.)

One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants.