laesura

English

Noun

laesura (plural laesurae)

(biology) The suture line that shows how spores or grains separated.

Derived terms

laesural

Anagrams

Lareaus, as a rule

Latin

Participle

laesūra

inflection of laesūrus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

laesūrā

ablative feminine singular of laesūrus

References

“laesura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
laesura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
laesura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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