Hypertext Webster Gateway: "floccule"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Floccule \Floc"cule\, n. [See {Flocculus}.]
1. A detached mass of loosely fibrous structure like a
shredded tuft of wool.
2. (Chem.) Specif.: A small particle of an insoluble
substance formed in a liquid by the union of smaller
particles.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
floccule
n : a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material
suspended in or precipitated from a liquid [syn: {floc}]
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