Helen Fenton

Caul: Definition and part of speech

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Caul

  1. n. A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth.
  2. n. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net.
  3. n. The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Caulicle: Definition and part of speech

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Caulicle

  1. n. A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of seed; — otherwise called a radicle.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cauliculus: Definition and part of speech

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Cauliculus

  1. n. In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.