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Centrolineal: Definition and part of speech

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Centrolineal

  1. a. Converging to a center; — applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.

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.

Centrosome: Definition and part of speech

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Centrosome

  1. n. A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.

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.

Centrifugal: Definition and part of speech

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Centrifugal

  1. n. A centrifugal machine.
  2. a. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
  3. a. Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
  4. a. Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.

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.