Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vallecula"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Vallecula \Val*lec"u*la\, n.; pl. {Vallecul[ae]}. [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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

vallecula
n : (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or
part [syn: {groove}]

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